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| Criterion |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  Innovation Crazy 8s |  Architecture Risk Storming |  Innovation Lotus Blossom |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time. | With only a few minutes available and a still-fuzzy solution search, the method forces a wide range of variants. It produces fast sketches before the first idea can settle in, making different directions directly comparable and open to further development. | 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 | 1-3 h | 8-15 min | 60-90 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-30 | 1-10 | 4-12 | 3-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | Sketch Set, Idea Shortlist, Direction Options | Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog | Lotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | BrainstormingSketchingSpeedDivergenceDesign sprint | RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop |