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| Criterion |  Innovation Brainwriting |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |  Facilitation Mind Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When loud voices or hierarchy distort the idea search, the method creates a quiet entry into joint development. It gives everyone thinking space and gathers contributions without social brakes, making diversity more visible and easier to build on. | 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. | Helps clarify technical problems, hypotheses, and next steps in concrete terms. It breaks a technical problem into testable parts. The result is captured as a GQM table and metric briefs. | When a topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 15-30 min | 1-2 h | 90-180 min | 15-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 4-12 | 3-6 | 1-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Idea sheets, Expanded concepts, Prioritized list | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | GQM Table, Metric Profiles | Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions |
Tagsno overlap | BrainstormingCollaborationInclusionIdeas | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment | BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation |