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| Criterion |  Innovation Brainwriting |  Innovation Morphological Analysis |  Innovation Round Robin Brainstorming |  Innovation Design Charrette |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | For a search for solutions with many degrees of freedom, a grid emerges for systematic combinations. The method separates features, variants, and exclusion criteria, so the space gets explored deliberately. | With unevenly distributed speaking time, the method brings every person into the contribution one after another. It prevents early voices from setting the direction while still producing a shared idea space. This makes participation plannable and the team's diversity visible. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 15-30 min | 1-3 h | 20-45 min | Halber Tag bis mehrere Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 2-8 | 4-10 | 10-50 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Idea sheets, Expanded concepts, Prioritized list | Morphological Box, Concept Combinations, Idea Shortlist | Idea List, Cluster, Shortlist | Sketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction |
Tagsno overlap | BrainstormingCollaborationInclusionIdeas | IdeationInnovationCreativity | BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity | BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation |