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| Criterion |  Delivery Shape Up |  Facilitation Lean Coffee |  Innovation Brainwriting |  Innovation Round Robin Brainstorming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When a group without a fixed agenda needs to get into useful conversations quickly, Lean Coffee structures the start around interests rather than a presentation. The group itself negotiates which topics get time first and which wait. | When loud voices or hierarchy distort the idea search, the method creates a quiet entry into joint development. It gives everyone thinking space and gathers contributions without social brakes, making diversity more visible and easier to build on. | With unevenly distributed speaking time, the method brings every person into the contribution one after another. It prevents early voices from setting the direction while still producing a shared idea space. This makes participation plannable and the team's diversity visible. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down | 30-90 min | 15-30 min | 20-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-4 pro Pitch | 3-20 | 3-12 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomes | Prioritized Topics, Discussion Notes, Action Items | Idea sheets, Expanded concepts, Prioritized list | Idea List, Cluster, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | PlanningDeliveryAutonomy | FacilitationAutonomyDialogue | BrainstormingCollaborationInclusionIdeas | BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity |