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Criterion
Paper illustration of a branching tree with an outcome at its root, customer opportunities, solution options and small experiment cards.
Product Discovery
Opportunity Solution Tree
Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
Purposedifferent
When discovery keeps swinging between goals, ideas, and learning loops, it creates clear steering logic. It connects the desired outcome, opportunities, and experiments into a legible structure.When a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures.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.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 h Setup, laufend45-90 minHalber Tag bis mehrere Tage
Participantsdifferent
2-63-810-50
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Opportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning LogImpact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsSketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction
Tagsno overlap
DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation
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Paper illustration of Starbursting with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Starbursting
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
Paper illustration of GIST Planning with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
GIST Planning
Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom