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| Criterion |  Facilitation Mind Mapping |  Product Discovery Pretotyping |  Innovation Brainwriting |  Innovation Round Robin Brainstorming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Pretotyping clarifies whether a customer problem and solution idea create enough real demand. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence, and captures the result as a pretotyping sketch, test setup, and conversion data. | 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. | With unevenly distributed speaking time, the method brings every person into the contribution one after another. It prevents early voices from setting the direction while still producing a shared idea space. This makes participation plannable and the team's diversity visible. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 15-45 min | Stunden bis wenige Tage | 15-30 min | 20-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-10 | 1-4 | 3-12 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions | Pretotyping sketch, Test setup, Conversion data, Go or no-go decision | Idea sheets, Expanded concepts, Prioritized list | Idea List, Cluster, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation | ValidationDemandMVP | BrainstormingCollaborationInclusionIdeas | BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity |