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| Criterion |  Innovation Morphological Analysis |  Decision Making Red Teaming |  Decision Making Argument Mapping |  Innovation Brainstorming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | For a search for solutions with many degrees of freedom, a grid emerges for systematic combinations. The method separates features, variants, and exclusion criteria, so the space gets explored deliberately. | For strategic decisions with high reach, agreement and gut feeling are often not enough. Red teaming brings deliberate opposition into the situation and tests where a plan breaks under real counterarguments. | When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on. | When a team faces an open question with many obvious directions, the method first creates breadth instead of premature commitment. It separates idea flow from evaluation and makes lines of thought visible, creating a pool for selection and further development. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 1-4 h | 1-3 h | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 3-8 | 1-8 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Morphological Box, Concept Combinations, Idea Shortlist | Challenge Findings, Risk Register, Mitigation Plan | Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale | Idea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | IdeationInnovationCreativity | RiskDecisionSensemaking | SensemakingDecisionRationale | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence |