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| Criterion |  Innovation How Might We |  Product Discovery Context Canvas |  Facilitation Question Burst |  Facilitation World Café |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | With a stuck problem carrying many implicit assumptions, the method translates observations into open, workable questions. It sharpens the problem frame without pre-thinking the solution, turning frustration or fuzziness into a search space with clear direction. | When an environment of users, systems, and constraints is hard to grasp, it puts the context compactly on the table. It creates a clear reading of influence, boundary, and dependency. | When a problem gets covered up too quickly with answers, Question Burst puts the better question at the center. The format opens the thinking space before the group commits to an interpretation. | When a group needs to connect many viewpoints in a short time, World Café creates a calm alternation between closeness and rotation. It sets thinking in motion without forcing the conversation into full-plenary rigidity. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30–45 min | 45-90 min | 15-30 min | 60-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-10 | 3-10 | 2-8 | 12-100+ |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | HMW Questions, Challenge Framing, Idea Prompts | Context canvas, Open questions, Shared context notes | Question List, Reframed Challenge, Learning Prompts | Table Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared Questions |
Tagsno overlap | FramingOpportunityIdeationQuestions | ContextFramingRequirementsCanvas | QuestionsReframingFacilitationSensemaking | FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking |