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Criterion
Paper illustration of a participant using a prototype while an observer takes notes beside a highlighted usability issue.
UX Research
Usability Testing
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
Paper matrix with seven SCAMPER rows, operator prompts and variations for a course portal.
Innovation
SCAMPER
Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom
Purposedifferent
When a product is built but people get stuck on tasks, usability testing shows the friction at concrete points. Observed use instead of self-report makes visible where orientation, understanding, or interaction breaks down.When a team faces an open question with many obvious directions, the method first creates breadth instead of premature commitment. It separates idea flow from evaluation and makes lines of thought visible, creating a pool for selection and further development.For an existing solution under pressure to change, the method deliberately opens space for systematic variants. It directs attention to rebuilding, combining, and repurposing rather than only new basic ideas. This produces concrete evolution paths for products, offerings, or workflows.When a central question feels too large, the method breaks it into neighboring topic fields with their own depth of ideation. It holds structure and openness at the same time, so adjacent perspectives don't get lost. This grows an idea space out of a core problem.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowLow
Timedifferent
1-2 h je Session30-60 min30-60 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
Based on research question4-122-103-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Usability Issues, Severity List, RecommendationsIdea pool, Theme clusters, ShortlistSCAMPER Idea List, Concept Shortlist, Variation NotesLotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
ValidationUXPrototype
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityReframingInnovation
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop
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