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| Criterion |  Facilitation Mind Mapping |  Product Discovery Opportunity Solution Tree |  Innovation Brainwriting |  Product Discovery Experiment Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 discovery keeps swinging between goals, ideas, and learning loops, it creates clear steering logic. It connects the desired outcome, opportunities, and experiments into a legible structure. | When loud voices or hierarchy distort the idea search, the method creates a quiet entry into joint development. It gives everyone thinking space and gathers contributions without social brakes, making diversity more visible and easier to build on. | When experiments become unreadable after the fact, it arranges hypothesis, signal, and learning goal on a single canvas. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Completed Experiment Canvas and a Success Metric. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 15-45 min | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 15-30 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-10 | 2-6 | 3-12 | 1-5 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions | Opportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning Log | Idea sheets, Expanded concepts, Prioritized list | Completed Experiment Canvas, Success Metric |
Tagsno overlap | BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation | DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity | BrainstormingCollaborationInclusionIdeas | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis |