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| Criterion |  Innovation Design Sprint |  Facilitation Six Thinking Hats |  Decision Making Decision Tree |  Facilitation Decision Jam |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When the product question is unclear and time pressure is high, the method takes a team from an open idea to a testable solution. It connects problem understanding, decision, and learning in one compact format, lowering the risk of spending a lot of energy on a mere guess. | When a topic gets stuck too quickly in the same thinking mode, Six Thinking Hats deliberately separates the perspectives. This means facts, risks, creativity, and emotional signals get worked through one after another instead of mixed together. | For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 4-5 Tage | 45-90 min | 30-90 min | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-8 | 4-12 | 1-6 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Prototype, Test Findings, Decision Rationale | Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action Items | Decision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment |
Tagsno overlap | Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation | FacilitationOptionsDecision | DecisionTreeOptions | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop |