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| Criterion |  Innovation Starbursting |  DevOps Blameless Postmortem |  Domain Modeling EventStorming |  Innovation Design Charrette |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | After an incident with damage or a near miss, the method creates a sober field for learning without assigning blame. It directs attention to the course of events, conditions, and effective countermeasures. | When a domain consists of many events, rules, and states, it creates a shared modeling space for the team. It bundles language, flows, and boundaries before domain knowledge fragments into siloed views. | 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 | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 30-90 min | 2-8 h | Halber Tag bis mehrere Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 3-12 | 5-12 | 10-50 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Star-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption List | Postmortem Doc, Action Items, Timeline | Event Timeline, Ubiquitous Language, Boundaries, Open Questions | Sketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction |
Tagsno overlap | BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery | Site Reliability EngineeringIncidentLearningReliability | Domain-Driven DesignEventsDiscoveryWorkshop | BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation |