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| Criterion |  Innovation Starbursting |  UX Research User Interviews |  UX Design Design Studio |  Innovation Brainwriting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 teams derive needs only from assumptions and real motives are missing, user interviews give direct access to behavior and meaning. Conversations from the target group's everyday life make patterns, tensions, and open questions solidly visible. | When several designs need to be quickly put in relation to each other, it makes ideas visible and comparable. It encourages early variants instead of long upfront debates. | When loud voices or hierarchy distort the idea search, the method creates a quiet entry into joint development. It gives everyone thinking space and gathers contributions without social brakes, making diversity more visible and easier to build on. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 30–60 min per interview | 1-3 h | 15-30 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 1 participant per interview | 3-8 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Star-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption List | Interview Notes, Themes, Insight Summary | Sketches, Concept Directions, Design Decisions | Idea sheets, Expanded concepts, Prioritized list |
Tagsno overlap | BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery | QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery | SketchingCollaborationIdeation | BrainstormingCollaborationInclusionIdeas |