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| Criterion |  Architecture Quality Attribute Workshop |  Innovation Design Charrette |  Innovation Lotus Blossom |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | A Quality Attribute Workshop translates quality requirements into concrete scenarios and architecture impulses. The method brings product, engineering, and operations to the same view of desired properties. | In a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space. | 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 | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | Halber Tag bis mehrere Tage | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-15 | 10-50 | 3-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Quality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture Concerns | Sketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction | Lotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist |
Tags1 shared | RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop | BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop |
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