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Criterion
Three Amigos method illustration showing its working structure
Agile
Three Amigos
Paper illustration of an eight-panel idea sheet with varied sketches beside a timer set to eight minutes.
Innovation
Crazy 8s
Paper illustration of several people silently writing ideas and passing sheets around with arrows.
Innovation
Brainwriting
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
Purposedifferent
When story, test, and implementation could drift apart, it brings business perspective, engineering, and quality together early. It prevents a story from being read differently only late in the process.With only a few minutes available and a still-fuzzy solution search, the method forces a wide range of variants. It produces fast sketches before the first idea can settle in, making different directions directly comparable and open to further development.When loud voices or hierarchy distort the idea search, the method creates a quiet entry into joint development. It gives everyone thinking space and gathers contributions without social brakes, making diversity more visible and easier to build on.In a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
15-30 min8-15 min15-30 minHalber Tag bis mehrere Tage
Participantsdifferent
31-103-1210-50
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Clarified Story, Test Examples, Open QuestionsSketch Set, Idea Shortlist, Direction OptionsIdea sheets, Expanded concepts, Prioritized listSketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction
Tagsno overlap
CollaborationBehavior-Driven DevelopmentQualityRefinement
BrainstormingSketchingSpeedDivergenceDesign sprint
BrainstormingCollaborationInclusionIdeas
BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation
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