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| Criterion |  DevOps ChatOps |  Innovation Starbursting |  Architecture Risk Storming |  Innovation Lotus Blossom |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | For operational work in a distributed team, the method links communication with direct system control. It records decisions right where the signal, the context, and the execution come together. | 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. | 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 | Medium | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | Ongoing | 30-60 min | 60-90 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-20 | 3-10 | 4-12 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Chat Transcript, Action Log, Automations | Star-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption List | Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog | Lotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | CollaborationEngineeringIncident | BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery | RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop |