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Criterion
Paper illustration of Working Backwards with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Working Backwards
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
Purposedifferent
When the target state and benefit need to be clear first, it thinks backward from the desired outcome into the product logic. It sharpens vision, objections, and value proposition before elaboration.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.
Complexitysame
MediumMedium
Timedifferent
4-8 h, mehrere IterationenHalber Tag bis mehrere Tage
Participantsdifferent
2-610-50
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Future Press Release, FAQ, Vision StatementSketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction
Tagsno overlap
VisionNarrativeAlignment
BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation
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Innovation
Brainstorming
Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom
Paper illustration of Starbursting with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Starbursting
Paper illustration of several people silently writing ideas and passing sheets around with arrows.
Innovation
Brainwriting