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| Criterion | ![]() Innovation Brainwriting | ![]() Product Strategy Lean Canvas | ![]() Innovation Starbursting |
|---|---|---|---|
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 an early product bet still has too many open points, it brings target group, problem, and assumptions into a single view. It condenses the idea so core risks become nameable. | Helps clarify ideas, open questions, and testable next steps in concrete terms. It opens the thinking space, collects ideas, and leads to testable options. The result is captured as a star-shaped question map, question list, and assumption list. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 15-30 min | 45-90 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 1-6 | 3-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Idea sheets, Expanded concepts, Prioritized list | Lean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog | Star-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption List |
Tagsno overlap | BrainstormingCollaborationInclusionIdeas | StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model | BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery |
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