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| Criterion |  Delivery Shape Up |  Innovation Design Charrette |  UX Research Empathy Mapping |  Innovation Lotus Blossom |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Shape Up helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow. It makes work boundaries and decisions explicit and captures results as pitches, bet-table decisions, and hill charts. | 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 lot is assumed about a target group but little is seen jointly, empathy mapping makes knowledge and gaps directly comparable. The picture also shows which assumptions hold up and where evidence is missing. | 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 | Low |
Timedifferent | 6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down | Halber Tag bis mehrere Tage | 30–60 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-4 pro Pitch | 10-50 | 4-8 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomes | Sketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction | Empathy Map, Assumptions List, Research Gaps | Lotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | PlanningDeliveryAutonomy | BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation | SynthesisQualitativeWorkshop | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop |