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| Criterion |  Operations Kepner-Tregoe |  Innovation Lotus Blossom |  Innovation Morphological Analysis |  Facilitation Decision Jam |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | For a disturbance that's hard to pin down, the method cleanly separates problem, cause, and decision. It reduces mixing when symptoms allow several interpretations. | 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. | For a search for solutions with many degrees of freedom, a grid emerges for systematic combinations. The method separates features, variants, and exclusion criteria, so the space gets explored deliberately. | When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 2-8 h | 45-90 min | 1-3 h | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 3-10 | 2-8 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Problem Analysis, Decision Analysis, Risk Plan | Lotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist | Morphological Box, Concept Combinations, Idea Shortlist | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment |
Tagsno overlap | Problem solvingRoot causeDecisionOperations | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop | IdeationInnovationCreativity | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop |