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| Criterion |  Innovation Brainstorming |  Architecture Quality Attribute Workshop |  Architecture Risk Storming |  Innovation Lotus Blossom |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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 Quality Attribute Workshop translates quality requirements into concrete scenarios and architecture impulses. The method brings product, engineering, and operations to the same view of desired properties. | Helps clarify architecture context, options, and consequences in concrete terms. It organizes technical context, alternatives, and consequences. The result is captured as an Annotated Diagram, a Prioritized Risk List, and an Action Backlog. | 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 | 30-60 min | 2-4 h | 60-90 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 5-15 | 4-12 | 3-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Idea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist | Quality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture Concerns | Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog | Lotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist |
Tags1 shared | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence | RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop | RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop |