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Criterion
Six paper cards show a person moving from a problem through a service flow to a completed outcome.
UX Design
Storyboarding
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
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
Purposedifferent
When a usage scenario needs to become understandable early, it condenses situations, context, and flow into a legible sequence. It helps check concept ideas before anything gets built.An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable.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.
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Timedifferent
30-90 min15-45 min1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen
Participantsdifferent
1-81-34-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Storyboard, Concept Narrative, Testable AssumptionsADR File, Decision Log, RationaleProblem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings
Tagsno overlap
VisualizationConceptsSequencePrototype
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
InnovationPrototypeResearch
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A paper-based illustration representing C4 Model with its core stages and visible working result.
Architecture
C4 Model
A paper-based illustration representing Design Sprint with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Design Sprint
Paper illustration of Outcome-Driven Innovation with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Outcome-Driven Innovation