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Criterion
Paper illustration of Pretotyping with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Pretotyping
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
Purposedifferent
Pretotyping clarifies whether a customer problem and solution idea create enough real demand. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence, and captures the result as a pretotyping sketch, test setup, and conversion data.Helps clarify ideas, open questions, and testable next steps in concrete terms. It opens the thinking space, collects ideas, and leads to testable options. The result is captured as a star-shaped question map, question list, and assumption list.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.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
Stunden bis wenige Tage30-60 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
1-43-104-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Pretotyping sketch, Test setup, Conversion data, Go or no-go decisionStar-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption ListIdea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
ValidationDemandMVP
BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence
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Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
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Lotus Blossom
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Design Charrette
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Fake Door Test
Paper illustration of Rapid Ideation with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
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