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Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
Affinity Diagramming
UX Research
Affinity Diagramming
Purposedifferent
Shape Up helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow. It makes work boundaries and decisions explicit and captures results as pitches, bet-table decisions, and hill charts.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.When research notes, feedback, or observations sit unconnected side by side, affinity diagramming sorts the raw material into solid themes. Many individual points turn into patterns that make decisions and opportunities clearer.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-DownHalber Tag bis mehrere Tage45–90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch10-503-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesSketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized DirectionTheme clusters, Insight statements, Opportunity areas
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PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation
SynthesisQualitativeRoot cause
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A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
Empathy Mapping
UX Research
Empathy Mapping
Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom
Paper illustration of Starbursting with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Starbursting