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Criterion
A paper-based illustration representing Product Canvas with its core stages and visible working result.
Product Strategy
Product Canvas
Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
Paper illustration of several people silently writing ideas and passing sheets around with arrows.
Innovation
Brainwriting
Paper illustration of Starbursting with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Starbursting
Purposedifferent
When product goal and feature scope don't yet fit cleanly together, it creates a shared working picture. It connects need, core features, and assumptions into a solid starting point.When several designs need to be quickly put in relation to each other, it makes ideas visible and comparable. It encourages early variants instead of long upfront debates.When loud voices or hierarchy distort the idea search, the method creates a quiet entry into joint development. It gives everyone thinking space and gathers contributions without social brakes, making diversity more visible and easier to build on.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-2 h1-3 h15-30 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
2-83-83-123-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Product Canvas, Product Assumptions, Scope NotesSketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsIdea sheets, Expanded concepts, Prioritized listStar-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption List
Tagsno overlap
CanvasDiscoveryScope
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
BrainstormingCollaborationInclusionIdeas
BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery
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