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Criterion
Paper illustration of Starbursting with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Starbursting
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Operations
Kepner-Tregoe
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.For a disturbance that's hard to pin down, the method cleanly separates problem, cause, and decision. It reduces mixing when symptoms allow several interpretations.
Complexitydifferent
LowHigh
Timedifferent
30-60 min2-8 h
Participantsdifferent
3-102-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Star-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption ListProblem Analysis, Decision Analysis, Risk Plan
Tagsno overlap
BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery
Problem solvingRoot causeDecisionOperations
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