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| Criterion |  Facilitation Problem Framing Workshop |  Innovation Morphological Analysis |  Innovation Lotus Blossom |  Innovation Starbursting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a team works on symptoms but the real question stays fuzzy, a Problem Framing Workshop sharpens the view of the right problem. It separates observation, interpretation, and target picture from each other. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 60-120 min | 1-3 h | 45-90 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 2-8 | 3-10 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Problem Statement, Scope Boundaries, Assumption List, Next Analysis Questions | Morphological Box, Concept Combinations, Idea Shortlist | Lotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist | Star-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption List |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationAlignmentDiscovery | IdeationInnovationCreativity | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop | BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery |