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| Criterion |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Innovation Round Robin Brainstorming |  Innovation SCAMPER |  Facilitation 1-2-4-All |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | 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 many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 20-45 min | 30-60 min | 10-20 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 4-10 | 2-10 | 4-100+ |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Idea List, Cluster, Shortlist | SCAMPER Idea List, Concept Shortlist, Variation Notes | Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes |
Tagsno overlap | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityReframingInnovation | FacilitationInclusionIdeation |