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Criterion
Paper mind map with a central course onboarding question, colored main branches, keywords and cross-links.
Facilitation
Mind Mapping
Paper illustration of a JTBD interview notebook with a decision timeline, forces of change and a concise job hypothesis.
Product Discovery
Jobs to Be Done
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
Purposedifferent
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.When switching motives and progress are unclear, it reconstructs the situation from real customer circumstances. It shows why a switch happens and what kind of progress is being sought.When a team faces an open question with many obvious directions, the method first creates breadth instead of premature commitment. It separates idea flow from evaluation and makes lines of thought visible, creating a pool for selection and further development.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
15-45 min1-3 Wochen30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
1-105-12 Interviews4-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open QuestionsJob Stories, Outcome Statements, Opportunity ListIdea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation
CustomerOutcomesNeeds
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence
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Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
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Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
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Round Robin Brainstorming
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
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Paper illustration of Rapid Ideation with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
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