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Criterion
How Might We
Innovation
How Might We
Context Map workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Domain Modeling
Context Map
Paper illustration of Porter’s five competitive forces
Business Strategy
Porter Five Forces
Paper illustration of a six-field PESTLE grid
Business Strategy
PESTLE Analysis
Purposedifferent
With a stuck problem carrying many implicit assumptions, the method translates observations into open, workable questions. It sharpens the problem frame without pre-thinking the solution, turning frustration or fuzziness into a search space with clear direction.When several contexts need to talk to each other, it makes their relationships and dependencies legible. It helps sort integration pressure and responsibilities across system boundaries.Porter Five Forces analyzes the forces that shape competitive pressure and profitability in a market. The view of market structure goes beyond individual competitors and reveals systemic pressure points.PESTLE Analysis makes political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental influences visible. The environment of an initiative is thereby read systematically instead of through isolated trends.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
30–45 min1-3 h1-3 h1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
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Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
HMW Questions, Challenge Framing, Idea PromptsContext Map, Integration Patterns, Boundary NotesFive Forces Analysis, Competitive Risks, Strategic OptionsPESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions
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FramingOpportunityIdeationQuestions
Domain-Driven DesignBoundariesStrategy
StrategyCompetitionMarket
StrategyMarketAnalysis
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