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| Criterion |  Innovation Solo Brainstorming |  Facilitation Mind Mapping |  Facilitation 1-2-4-All |  Innovation Design Charrette |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | For an individual thinking problem with no counterpart immediately available, the method creates a protected space for one's own approaches. It prevents outside opinions from narrowing thinking too early. This lets ideas mature before they go into a group format. | When a topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early. | When many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 15-60 min | 15-45 min | 10-20 min | Halber Tag bis mehrere Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 1 | 1-10 | 4-100+ | 10-50 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Personal Idea List, Sketches or Mind Map, Pre-Read for Group Session | Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions | Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes | Sketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction |
Tagsno overlap | BrainstormingIdeationAsync | BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation | FacilitationInclusionIdeation | BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation |