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Criterion
Paper illustration of a yellow story card, blue rule cards, green example cards and a red question card on a light workspace.
Agile
Example Mapping
Paper mind map with a central course onboarding question, colored main branches, keywords and cross-links.
Facilitation
Mind Mapping
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
Purposedifferent
When a story carries business rules and exceptions, it brings clarity before implementation. It makes examples, open questions, and boundaries visible enough that the logic becomes jointly sound.When a topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early.In a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
30-60 min15-45 minHalber Tag bis mehrere Tage
Participantsdifferent
3-71-1010-50
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Example Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open QuestionsMind Map, Topic Clusters, Open QuestionsSketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction
Tagsno overlap
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation
BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation
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Paper illustration of Acceptance Criteria Workshop with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Acceptance Criteria Workshop
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
Paper illustration of several people silently writing ideas and passing sheets around with arrows.
Innovation
Brainwriting
Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom