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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Context Canvas |  Innovation How Might We |  Facilitation Question Burst |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When an environment of users, systems, and constraints is hard to grasp, it puts the context compactly on the table. It creates a clear reading of influence, boundary, and dependency. | With a stuck problem carrying many implicit assumptions, the method translates observations into open, workable questions. It sharpens the problem frame without pre-thinking the solution, turning frustration or fuzziness into a search space with clear direction. | When a problem gets covered up too quickly with answers, Question Burst puts the better question at the center. The format opens the thinking space before the group commits to an interpretation. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 30–45 min | 15-30 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 1-10 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Context canvas, Open questions, Shared context notes | HMW Questions, Challenge Framing, Idea Prompts | Question List, Reframed Challenge, Learning Prompts |
Tagsno overlap | ContextFramingRequirementsCanvas | FramingOpportunityIdeationQuestions | QuestionsReframingFacilitationSensemaking |
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