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Criterion
Paper illustration of Product Kata with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Product Kata
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 Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
Purposedifferent
Product Kata helps clarify customer problems, solution ideas, and evidence through a repeatable improvement routine. It captures direction, current metric, target metric, experiment notes, and learning.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.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 Wochen je Loop1-2 h Setup, laufendHalber Tag bis mehrere Tage
Participantsdifferent
3-102-610-50
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Direction, Current metric, Target metric, Experiment note, Learning reportOpportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning LogSketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction
Tagsno overlap
OutcomesDiscoveryLearningIterationCoaching
DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity
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 a Learning Card with four fields for hypothesis, observation, insight, and action.
Product Discovery
Learning Card
Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom