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| Criterion |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |  Innovation Morphological Analysis |  Facilitation Decision Jam |  Innovation Lotus Blossom |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped. | 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. | When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer. | 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 | Low | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 1-3 h | 60-90 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-8 | 4-10 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries | Morphological Box, Concept Combinations, Idea Shortlist | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment | Lotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions | IdeationInnovationCreativity | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop |