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| Criterion |  Delivery Shape Up |  Innovation Design Charrette |  UX Research Empathy Mapping |  Innovation Starbursting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Helps clarify ideas, open questions, and testable next steps in concrete terms. It opens the thinking space, collects ideas, and leads to testable options. The result is captured as a star-shaped question map, question list, and assumption list. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down | Halber Tag bis mehrere Tage | 30–60 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-4 pro Pitch | 10-50 | 4-8 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomes | Sketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction | Empathy Map, Assumptions List, Research Gaps | Star-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption List |
Tagsno overlap | PlanningDeliveryAutonomy | BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation | SynthesisQualitativeWorkshop | BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery |