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| Criterion |  Decision Making Decision Matrix |  Innovation Design Charrette |  Decision Making Trade-off Analysis |  Innovation Lotus Blossom |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When several options collide with several criteria, comparison quickly becomes subjective. A Decision Matrix makes the trade-off visible and brings weighting, criteria, and options into a shared logic. | 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. | With limited resources, quality, speed, cost, and risk almost always compete with each other. Trade-off Analysis makes these tensions explicit and prevents decisions from producing hidden side effects. | When a central question feels too large, the method breaks it into neighboring topic fields with their own depth of ideation. It holds structure and openness at the same time, so adjacent perspectives don't get lost. This grows an idea space out of a core problem. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | Halber Tag bis mehrere Tage | 45-120 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 10-50 | 2-8 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Decision Matrix, Scoring Rationale, Selected Option | Sketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction | Trade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted Downsides | Lotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | DecisionCriteriaScoringTradeoffs | BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation | TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop |