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| Criterion |  Decision Making Argument Mapping |  Innovation Design Charrette |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Innovation Lotus Blossom |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on. | 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. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. | 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 | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | Halber Tag bis mehrere Tage | 45-90 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-8 | 10-50 | 2-8 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale | Sketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Lotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | SensemakingDecisionRationale | BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop |