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| Criterion |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Innovation Design Charrette |  Product Strategy DIBB |  Innovation Lotus Blossom |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | 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. | DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report. | 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 | Low | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | Halber Tag bis mehrere Tage | 1-2 h | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 10-50 | 2-8 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Sketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction | DIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning report | Lotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation | StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop |