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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 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
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.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-2 h1-3 h30-60 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
2-83-83-104-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Product Canvas, Product Assumptions, Scope NotesSketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsStar-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption ListIdea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
CanvasDiscoveryScope
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence
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