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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Context Canvas |  Facilitation Mind Mapping |  Domain Modeling Bounded Context Canvas |  Innovation Round Robin Brainstorming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When a topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early. | When a business context is still loosely outlined, it shapes language, responsibility, and integration space. It clarifies what belongs together and where a boundary needs to hold. | With unevenly distributed speaking time, the method brings every person into the contribution one after another. It prevents early voices from setting the direction while still producing a shared idea space. This makes participation plannable and the team's diversity visible. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 15-45 min | 1-3 h | 20-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 1-10 | 3-8 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Context canvas, Open questions, Shared context notes | Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions | Context Canvas, Glossary, Integration Notes | Idea List, Cluster, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | ContextFramingRequirementsCanvas | BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation | Domain-Driven DesignBoundariesModeling | BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity |