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| Criterion |  Innovation Design Thinking |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|
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 a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time. | When an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 1-3 h | 60–90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 5-30 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes |
Tagsno overlap | InnovationPrototypeResearch | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange |
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