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| Criterion |  Innovation Starbursting |  Agile Specification by Example |  Innovation Lotus Blossom |  Agile Example Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When business rules need to become precise, it ties language, example, and test together. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as an Example Table and Acceptance Tests. | When a central question feels too large, the method breaks it into neighboring topic fields with their own depth of ideation. It holds structure and openness at the same time, so adjacent perspectives don't get lost. This grows an idea space out of a core problem. | When a story carries business rules and exceptions, it brings clarity before implementation. It makes examples, open questions, and boundaries visible enough that the logic becomes jointly sound. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 60-90 min pro Feature | 45-90 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 3-6 | 3-10 | 3-7 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Star-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption List | Example Table, Acceptance Tests | Lotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist | Example Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open Questions |
Tagsno overlap | BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery | AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop | Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement |