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| Criterion |  Delivery Shape Up |  Innovation Worst Possible Idea |  Innovation Morphological Analysis |  Innovation 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. | For a seemingly familiar problem with paralyzing seriousness, the method dissolves pressure and fear of judgment. It deliberately makes failure pictures extreme, so hidden assumptions become visible faster. This clarifies what a workable path should avoid. | For a search for solutions with many degrees of freedom, a grid emerges for systematic combinations. The method separates features, variants, and exclusion criteria, so the space gets explored deliberately. | 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 | 6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down | 20-45 min | 1-3 h | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-4 pro Pitch | 3-12 | 2-8 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomes | Bad Idea List, Reframed Concepts, Idea Shortlist | Morphological Box, Concept Combinations, Idea Shortlist | Idea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | PlanningDeliveryAutonomy | IdeationCreativityDivergence | IdeationInnovationCreativity | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence |