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| Criterion |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Innovation Brainstorming |  Business Strategy Business Model Stress Test |  Innovation Round Robin Brainstorming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. | 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. | A Business Model Stress Test checks how well a business model holds up under pressure and headwinds. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a stress-test report and action plan per scenario. | With unevenly distributed speaking time, the method brings every person into the contribution one after another. It prevents early voices from setting the direction while still producing a shared idea space. This makes participation plannable and the team's diversity visible. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 30-60 min | Half day | 20-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 4-12 | 3-8 | 4-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Idea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist | Stress Test Report, Action Plan per Scenario | Idea List, Cluster, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence | StrategyBusiness modelRiskDiagnosis | BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity |