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Criterion
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
Paper illustration of Starbursting with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Starbursting
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
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.Helps clarify ideas, open questions, and testable next steps in concrete terms. It opens the thinking space, collects ideas, and leads to testable options. The result is captured as a star-shaped question map, question list, and assumption list.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
LowMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
60-90 minHalber Tag bis mehrere Tage30-60 min10-20 min
Participantsdifferent
4-1010-503-104-100+
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentSketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized DirectionStar-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption ListIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation
BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
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