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| Criterion |  Innovation Design Charrette |  Facilitation Dot Estimation |  Innovation Starbursting |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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 size or effort can only be estimated roughly, Dot Estimation condenses the group's experience into a quick range. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as an Effort Heatmap, Risk Signals, and Discussion Targets. | 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. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | Halber Tag bis mehrere Tage | 5-20 min | 30-60 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 10-50 | 3-20 | 3-10 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Sketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction | Effort Heatmap, Risk Signals, Discussion Targets | Star-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption List | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan |
Tagsno overlap | BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation | EstimationEffortRisk | BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery |