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Criterion
Paper illustration of Starbursting with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Starbursting
EventStorming on a long working surface: colored event cards form a business flow, friction points are marked, and a boundary separates different areas of responsibility.
Domain Modeling
EventStorming
Paper illustration for Reverse Brainstorming
Innovation
Reverse Brainstorming
Paper illustration of Rolestorming with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Rolestorming
Purposedifferent
Helps clarify ideas, open questions, and testable next steps in concrete terms. It opens the thinking space, collects ideas, and leads to testable options. The result is captured as a star-shaped question map, question list, and assumption list.When a domain consists of many events, rules, and states, it creates a shared modeling space for the team. It bundles language, flows, and boundaries before domain knowledge fragments into siloed views.For persistent errors or blockages, the method shifts the view to the opposite of the desired effect. It exposes the mechanics of failure and makes hidden causes easier to grasp. This makes improvement more concrete and the problem clearer.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
30-60 min2-8 h30-60 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-105-123-123-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Star-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption ListEvent Timeline, Ubiquitous Language, Boundaries, Open QuestionsReverse Ideas, Risk Themes, Solution IdeasRollenkarten, Ideenpool pro Rolle, Konsolidierte Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery
Domain-Driven DesignEventsDiscoveryWorkshop
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityRisk
BrainstormingIdeationCreativity
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