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| Criterion |  Facilitation Mind Mapping |  Product Discovery Pretotyping |  Innovation Crazy 8s |  Innovation Design Sprint |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | With only a few minutes available and a still-fuzzy solution search, the method forces a wide range of variants. It produces fast sketches before the first idea can settle in, making different directions directly comparable and open to further development. | When the product question is unclear and time pressure is high, the method takes a team from an open idea to a testable solution. It connects problem understanding, decision, and learning in one compact format, lowering the risk of spending a lot of energy on a mere guess. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 15-45 min | Stunden bis wenige Tage | 8-15 min | 4-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 1-10 | 1-4 | 1-10 | 5-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions | Pretotyping sketch, Test setup, Conversion data, Go or no-go decision | Sketch Set, Idea Shortlist, Direction Options | Prototype, Test Findings, Decision Rationale |
Tagsno overlap | BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation | ValidationDemandMVP | BrainstormingSketchingSpeedDivergenceDesign sprint | Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation |