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Criterion
Paper mind map with a central course onboarding question, colored main branches, keywords and cross-links.
Facilitation
Mind Mapping
Paper illustration for Concierge MVP
Product Discovery
Concierge MVP
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Paper illustration of Starbursting with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Starbursting
Purposedifferent
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.When an idea can first fail or grow through genuine hands-on support, it relies on manual work instead of automation. It shows whether user value holds up even under manual execution.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.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
15-45 min1-4 Wochen60-90 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
1-103-10 Kunden4-103-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open QuestionsConcierge Learnings, Service Blueprint, MVP RisksProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentStar-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption List
Tagsno overlap
BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation
MVPValidationServiceDiscovery
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery
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