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| Criterion |  Facilitation Mind Mapping |  Product Discovery Problem Interview |  Innovation Lotus Blossom |  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. | When the picture of the problem still needs to become solid, it asks about real situations and consequences. It separates genuine suffering from mere interest in a solution. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 15-45 min | 30-60 min je Interview | 45-90 min | 20-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-10 | 5-12 Interviews | 3-10 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions | Problem Evidence, Risk Notes, Customer Segments | Lotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist | Idea List, Cluster, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation | DiscoveryInterviewsValidation | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop | BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity |