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Criterion
Paper illustration of Rapid Ideation with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Rapid Ideation
Paper illustration of a Test Card with four fields for hypothesis, test, metric, and success threshold.
Product Discovery
Test Card
Paper illustration of an eight-panel idea sheet with varied sketches beside a timer set to eight minutes.
Innovation
Crazy 8s
Paper illustration of Hypothesis Prioritization Canvas with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
Hypothesis Prioritization Canvas
Purposedifferent
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.The Test Card turns a critical assumption into a testable claim and specifies in advance which result counts as success.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.When many hypotheses compete for attention, it brings order to their learning sequence and importance. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a prioritization canvas and a hypothesis backlog.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
5-20 min20-35 min8-15 min60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1-201-51-103-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Ideenpool, Roh-Shortlist, ClusterTest Card with a pre-set thresholdSketch Set, Idea Shortlist, Direction OptionsPrioritization Canvas, Hypothesis Backlog
Tagsno overlap
BrainstormingIdeationDivergenceSpeed
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis
BrainstormingSketchingSpeedDivergenceDesign sprint
ExperimentsPrioritizationDiscoveryHypothesis
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