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| Criterion | ![]() Product Discovery Product Kata | ![]() Facilitation Barcamp | ![]() Facilitation Mind Mapping | ![]() Innovation Brainwriting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Product Kata helps clarify customer problems, solution ideas, and evidence through a repeatable improvement routine. It captures direction, current metric, target metric, experiment notes, and learning. | When many people can contribute knowledge and the flow should stay open, Barcamp provides a framework for self-organized sessions. The format channels energy without defining the content too narrowly in advance. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-2 Wochen je Loop | Halber Tag bis 2 Tage | 15-45 min | 15-30 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 15-200 | 1-10 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Direction, Current metric, Target metric, Experiment note, Learning report | Session Board, Session Notes, Community Learnings | Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions | Idea sheets, Expanded concepts, Prioritized list |
Tagsno overlap | OutcomesDiscoveryLearningIterationCoaching | FacilitationLarge groupLearning | BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation | BrainstormingCollaborationInclusionIdeas |



