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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Context Canvas |  Facilitation World Café |  Innovation Design Charrette |
|---|---|---|---|
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 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. | In a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 60-180 min | Halber Tag bis mehrere Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 12-100+ | 10-50 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Context canvas, Open questions, Shared context notes | Table Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared Questions | Sketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction |
Tagsno overlap | ContextFramingRequirementsCanvas | FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking | BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation |
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