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| Criterion |  Business Strategy GAP Analysis |  Innovation Starbursting |  Domain Modeling EventStorming |  Innovation Lotus Blossom |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | GAP Analysis compares the current state with a target picture and makes the distance manageable. It becomes useful when, ahead of new initiatives, it must become clear which capabilities, processes, or resources are missing. | 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 a domain consists of many events, rules, and states, it creates a shared modeling space for the team. It bundles language, flows, and boundaries before domain knowledge fragments into siloed views. | 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 | Medium | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 30-60 min | 2-8 h | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 3-10 | 5-12 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Gap Matrix, Action Plan, Risk Notes | Star-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption List | Event Timeline, Ubiquitous Language, Boundaries, Open Questions | Lotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyAnalysisPlanning | BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery | Domain-Driven DesignEventsDiscoveryWorkshop | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop |