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| Criterion | ![]() Innovation Design Charrette | ![]() Innovation Starbursting | ![]() Facilitation World Café |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | Halber Tag bis mehrere Tage | 30-60 min | 60-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 10-50 | 3-10 | 12-100+ |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Sketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction | Star-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption List | Table Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared Questions |
Tagsno overlap | BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation | BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery | FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking |
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