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| Criterion |  Agile Affinity Estimation |  Innovation Starbursting |  Domain Modeling EventStorming |  Innovation Brainstorming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When many tasks need to be classified quickly, it sorts them by perceived effort and similarity. It reduces the effort of fine-grained estimation for large volumes. | Helps clarify ideas, open questions, and testable next steps in concrete terms. It opens the thinking space, collects ideas, and leads to testable options. The result is captured as a star-shaped question map, question list, and assumption list. | When a domain consists of many events, rules, and states, it creates a shared modeling space for the team. It bundles language, flows, and boundaries before domain knowledge fragments into siloed views. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 30-60 min | 2-8 h | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 3-10 | 5-12 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Affinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear Items | Star-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption List | Event Timeline, Ubiquitous Language, Boundaries, Open Questions | Idea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | EstimationBacklogRelative sizing | BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery | Domain-Driven DesignEventsDiscoveryWorkshop | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence |