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| Criterion |  UX Design Design Studio |  Innovation Brainstorming |  Agile Affinity Estimation |  Innovation Crazy 8s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When several designs need to be quickly put in relation to each other, it makes ideas visible and comparable. It encourages early variants instead of long upfront debates. | When a team faces an open question with many obvious directions, the method first creates breadth instead of premature commitment. It separates idea flow from evaluation and makes lines of thought visible, creating a pool for selection and further development. | When many tasks need to be classified quickly, it sorts them by perceived effort and similarity. It reduces the effort of fine-grained estimation for large volumes. | With only a few minutes available and a still-fuzzy solution search, the method forces a wide range of variants. It produces fast sketches before the first idea can settle in, making different directions directly comparable and open to further development. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 30-60 min | 30-90 min | 8-15 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 4-12 | 3-12 | 1-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Sketches, Concept Directions, Design Decisions | Idea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist | Affinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear Items | Sketch Set, Idea Shortlist, Direction Options |
Tagsno overlap | SketchingCollaborationIdeation | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence | EstimationBacklogRelative sizing | BrainstormingSketchingSpeedDivergenceDesign sprint |