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Criterion
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Empathy Mapping
UX Research
Empathy Mapping
Paper illustration of Rolestorming with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Rolestorming
Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom
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.When a lot is assumed about a target group but little is seen jointly, empathy mapping makes knowledge and gaps directly comparable. The picture also shows which assumptions hold up and where evidence is missing.When a search for ideas stalls, switching roles helps people step outside their own perspective and activate new logics of action. The method reduces habit because contributions arise from a different stance. This brings unfamiliar, often fitting solution approaches into play.When a central question feels too large, the method breaks it into neighboring topic fields with their own depth of ideation. It holds structure and openness at the same time, so adjacent perspectives don't get lost. This grows an idea space out of a core problem.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowLow
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down30–60 min30-60 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch4-83-123-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesEmpathy Map, Assumptions List, Research GapsRollenkarten, Ideenpool pro Rolle, Konsolidierte ShortlistLotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
SynthesisQualitativeWorkshop
BrainstormingIdeationCreativity
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop
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