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| Criterion |  Operations PDCA Cycle |  Innovation Starbursting |  Domain Modeling EventStorming |  Innovation Lotus Blossom |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | For an improvement that still has to prove itself in everyday work, the method runs it through small learning loops. It connects planning, checking, and standardization into a repeatable learning mode. | Helps clarify ideas, open questions, and testable next steps in concrete terms. It opens the thinking space, collects ideas, and leads to testable options. The result is captured as a star-shaped question map, question list, and assumption list. | When a domain consists of many events, rules, and states, it creates a shared modeling space for the team. It bundles language, flows, and boundaries before domain knowledge fragments into siloed views. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1 h bis mehrere Wochen | 30-60 min | 2-8 h | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-8 | 3-10 | 5-12 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | PDCA Log, Experiment Plan, Learning Outcome, Standard Change | Star-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption List | Event Timeline, Ubiquitous Language, Boundaries, Open Questions | Lotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | Continuous improvementLeanExperiments | BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery | Domain-Driven DesignEventsDiscoveryWorkshop | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop |