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| Criterion |  Facilitation Nominal Group Technique |  Innovation Design Thinking |  Innovation Design Sprint |  Innovation Round Robin Brainstorming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When loud voices could dominate a round, Nominal Group Technique protects individual thinking time from group effects. It collects ideas separately first and only then enables shared weighting. | For complex user problems with an uncertain cause, the method connects observation, interpretation, and experiment into a learning cycle. It keeps the focus on real needs and avoids premature solution language. This produces robust decisions for product and service. | 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. | 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 | Medium | High | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 60-120 min | 1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 4-5 Tage | 20-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-12 | 4-10 | 5-8 | 4-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority | Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings | Prototype, Test Findings, Decision Rationale | Idea List, Cluster, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion | InnovationPrototypeResearch | Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation | BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity |