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| Criterion |  Facilitation Decision Jam |  Innovation Design Charrette |  Facilitation Mind Mapping |  Innovation Round Robin Brainstorming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 60-90 min | Halber Tag bis mehrere Tage | 15-45 min | 20-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 10-50 | 1-10 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment | Sketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction | Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions | Idea List, Cluster, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop | BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation | BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation | BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity |