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Criterion
Paper illustration of a scoring table with four factor columns, a calculator and three ordered initiative cards.
Product Strategy
RICE Scoring
Paper illustration of Rapid Ideation with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Rapid Ideation
Paper illustration of a decision table with criteria rows, weighted ratings, and a narrowly leading alternative.
Decision Making
Decision Matrix
Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom
Purposedifferent
When many initiatives compete for the same resources, it brings reach, impact, confidence, and effort into one shared ranking. It makes prioritization economically connectable.When a decision needs to be prepared quickly, the method generates many solution-close variants in a short time. It deliberately relies on pace to undercut self-censorship and perfectionism. This quickly produces a usable field for prioritization and further work.When several options collide with several criteria, comparison quickly becomes subjective. A Decision Matrix makes the trade-off visible and brings weighting, criteria, and options into a shared logic.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
MediumLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
60-90 min5-20 min45-90 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-101-202-83-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
RICE Scores, Ranked List, Assumption LogIdeenpool, Roh-Shortlist, ClusterDecision Matrix, Scoring Rationale, Selected OptionLotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
PrioritizationScoringRoadmapTradeoffs
BrainstormingIdeationDivergenceSpeed
DecisionCriteriaScoringTradeoffs
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop
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