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| Criterion |  Facilitation Mind Mapping |  Decision Making Trade-off Analysis |  Innovation Brainwriting |  Facilitation Six Thinking Hats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | With limited resources, quality, speed, cost, and risk almost always compete with each other. Trade-off Analysis makes these tensions explicit and prevents decisions from producing hidden side effects. | 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 a topic gets stuck too quickly in the same thinking mode, Six Thinking Hats deliberately separates the perspectives. This means facts, risks, creativity, and emotional signals get worked through one after another instead of mixed together. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 15-45 min | 45-120 min | 15-30 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-10 | 2-8 | 3-12 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions | Trade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted Downsides | Idea sheets, Expanded concepts, Prioritized list | Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action Items |
Tagsno overlap | BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation | TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions | BrainstormingCollaborationInclusionIdeas | FacilitationOptionsDecision |