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Criterion
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration of an eight-panel idea sheet with varied sketches beside a timer set to eight minutes.
Innovation
Crazy 8s
Views and Beyond method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Views and Beyond
Paper illustration of Rapid Ideation with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Rapid Ideation
Purposedifferent
Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.With only a few minutes available and a still-fuzzy solution search, the method forces a wide range of variants. It produces fast sketches before the first idea can settle in, making different directions directly comparable and open to further development.Views and Beyond organizes architecture into several views so no single diagram has to do everything at once. This makes it possible to choose the representation that fits the stakeholder's question.When a decision needs to be prepared quickly, the method generates many solution-close variants in a short time. It deliberately relies on pace to undercut self-censorship and perfectionism. This quickly produces a usable field for prioritization and further work.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
30 min Setup, dann laufend8-15 min1-3 Tage5-20 min
Participantsdifferent
1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone1-101-41-20
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
RAID Log, Status Report SourceSketch Set, Idea Shortlist, Direction OptionsArchitecture Views, Cross-view Notes, RationaleIdeenpool, Roh-Shortlist, Cluster
Tagsno overlap
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
BrainstormingSketchingSpeedDivergenceDesign sprint
DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture
BrainstormingIdeationDivergenceSpeed
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