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Criterion
Surveys method illustration showing its working structure
UX Research
Surveys
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
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 Contradiction Analysis.
Innovation
Contradiction Analysis
Purposedifferent
When a topic needs to be validated broadly and many people can answer the same question, surveys gather structured feedback in a scalable form. Answers become comparable and segmentable instead of remaining merely anecdotal.When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer.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.When a system should improve while another measure suffers as a result, the method makes the underlying conflict precisely formulable. It separates the desired effect from its side effect. This makes solutions possible that address the contradiction deliberately instead of half-heartedly.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowHighMedium
Timedifferent
3-14 Tage60-90 min1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
50+4-104-102-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Survey Results, Charts, Segment InsightsProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentProblem Statement, Prototype, Test LearningsContradiction Statement, Abstraction Notes, Solution Principles, Concept Ideas
Tagsno overlap
QuantitativeResearchValidation
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
InnovationPrototypeResearch
ContradictionsInnovationProblem solving
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