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| Criterion |  Engineering Hypothesis-Driven Troubleshooting |  Facilitation Mind Mapping |  Innovation Design Charrette |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When systems fail unexpectedly, spontaneous attempts often produce more noise than insight. Hypothesis-driven Troubleshooting translates symptoms into testable assumptions and makes troubleshooting learnable. | When a topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early. | 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 | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-240 min | 15-45 min | Halber Tag bis mehrere Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 1-10 | 10-50 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Hypothesis Log, Test Plan, Evidence Notes, Diagnosis Summary | Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions | Sketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction |
Tagsno overlap | TroubleshootingProblem solvingDiagnosis | BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation | BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation |
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