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| Criterion |  Innovation Design Thinking |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Architecture Views and Beyond |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | For complex user problems with an uncertain cause, the method connects observation, interpretation, and experiment into a learning cycle. It keeps the focus on real needs and avoids premature solution language. This produces robust decisions for product and service. | When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. | Views and Beyond organizes architecture into several views so no single diagram has to do everything at once. This makes it possible to choose the representation that fits the stakeholder's question. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 1-2 h | 1-3 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 4-12 | 1-4 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Architecture Views, Cross-view Notes, Rationale |
Tagsno overlap | InnovationPrototypeResearch | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture |
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