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| Criterion |  Decision Making RAPID |  Innovation SCAMPER |  Decision Making Decision Rights Mapping |  Innovation Brainstorming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | In complex management decisions, clarity is often missing about who recommends, who agrees, and who makes the decision. RAPID creates this assignment and stabilizes decisions across several levels. | For an existing solution under pressure to change, the method deliberately opens space for systematic variants. It directs attention to rebuilding, combining, and repurposing rather than only new basic ideas. This produces concrete evolution paths for products, offerings, or workflows. | In organizations with many stakeholders, it often blurs who actually decides and who is merely consulted. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Decision Rights matrix and an agreement. | When a team faces an open question with many obvious directions, the method first creates breadth instead of premature commitment. It separates idea flow from evaluation and makes lines of thought visible, creating a pool for selection and further development. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 30-60 min | 90-180 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 2-10 | 4-12 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | RAPID Role Map, Recommendation, Decision Log | SCAMPER Idea List, Concept Shortlist, Variation Notes | Decision Rights Matrix, Agreement | Idea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | DecisionRolesGovernance | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityReframingInnovation | DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence |