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| Criterion |  Innovation Design Sprint |  Innovation Starbursting |  Product Discovery Problem Interview |  Innovation Lotus Blossom |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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 the picture of the problem still needs to become solid, it asks about real situations and consequences. It separates genuine suffering from mere interest in a solution. | 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 | High | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 4-5 Tage | 30-60 min | 30-60 min je Interview | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-8 | 3-10 | 5-12 Interviews | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Prototype, Test Findings, Decision Rationale | Star-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption List | Problem Evidence, Risk Notes, Customer Segments | Lotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation | BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery | DiscoveryInterviewsValidation | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop |