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| Criterion |  Agile Example Mapping |  Innovation Brainwriting |  Agile Acceptance Criteria Workshop |  Innovation Design Charrette |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a story carries business rules and exceptions, it brings clarity before implementation. It makes examples, open questions, and boundaries visible enough that the logic becomes jointly sound. | When loud voices or hierarchy distort the idea search, the method creates a quiet entry into joint development. It gives everyone thinking space and gathers contributions without social brakes, making diversity more visible and easier to build on. | When a story needs clear checkpoints before implementation, it sharpens expectation and scope together. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Acceptance Criteria and a Story Update. | In a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 15-30 min | 20-40 min pro Story | Halber Tag bis mehrere Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 3-7 | 3-12 | 3-6 | 10-50 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Example Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open Questions | Idea sheets, Expanded concepts, Prioritized list | Acceptance Criteria, Story Update | Sketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction |
Tagsno overlap | Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement | BrainstormingCollaborationInclusionIdeas | AgileRequirementsRefinementBehavior-Driven Development | BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation |