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Criterion
Paper illustration for Solution Interview
Product Discovery
Solution Interview
Design Thinking as a learning loop: an observation notebook, a focused problem statement, different idea sketches, a cardboard prototype and user-test notes. Feedback leads to new understanding.
Innovation
Design Thinking
Paper illustration for Option Framing.
Decision Making
Option Framing
Purposedifferent
When a solution idea is already on the table, it checks how it is understood and evaluated. It looks for resonance, objections, and missing fit early in the conversation.For complex user problems with an uncertain cause, the method connects observation, interpretation, and experiment into a learning cycle. It keeps the focus on real needs and avoids premature solution language. This produces robust decisions for product and service.In early decisions, alternatives are often still vague, incomplete, or blended together. Option Framing brings every possibility into a comparable form and makes visible which variant actually fits the question.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighMedium
Timedifferent
30-60 min je Interview1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen45-120 min
Participantsdifferent
5-10 Interviews4-103-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Solution Feedback, Objection List, Validation NotesProblem Statement, Prototype, Test LearningsOption Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision Inputs
Tagsno overlap
ValidationInterviewsPrototype
InnovationPrototypeResearch
OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison
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A paper-based illustration representing Design Sprint with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
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Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas
Paper illustration of a Business Model Canvas with nine connected compartments, a few notes and symbols for customers, delivery and economic relationships.
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Business Model Canvas
Paper illustration for Decision Framing Workshop.
Decision Making
Decision Framing Workshop