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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Context Canvas |  Innovation How Might We |  Facilitation World Café |  Facilitation 1-2-4-All |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 group needs to connect many viewpoints in a short time, World Café creates a calm alternation between closeness and rotation. It sets thinking in motion without forcing the conversation into full-plenary rigidity. | When many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 30–45 min | 60-180 min | 10-20 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 1-10 | 12-100+ | 4-100+ |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Context canvas, Open questions, Shared context notes | HMW Questions, Challenge Framing, Idea Prompts | Table Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared Questions | Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes |
Tagsno overlap | ContextFramingRequirementsCanvas | FramingOpportunityIdeationQuestions | FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking | FacilitationInclusionIdeation |