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| Criterion |  Agile Three Amigos |  Innovation Brainstorming |  Innovation Crazy 8s |  UX Design Design Studio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When story, test, and implementation could drift apart, it brings business perspective, engineering, and quality together early. It prevents a story from being read differently only late in the process. | When a team faces an open question with many obvious directions, the method first creates breadth instead of premature commitment. It separates idea flow from evaluation and makes lines of thought visible, creating a pool for selection and further development. | With only a few minutes available and a still-fuzzy solution search, the method forces a wide range of variants. It produces fast sketches before the first idea can settle in, making different directions directly comparable and open to further development. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 15-30 min | 30-60 min | 8-15 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3 | 4-12 | 1-10 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Clarified Story, Test Examples, Open Questions | Idea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist | Sketch Set, Idea Shortlist, Direction Options | Sketches, Concept Directions, Design Decisions |
Tagsno overlap | CollaborationBehavior-Driven DevelopmentQualityRefinement | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence | BrainstormingSketchingSpeedDivergenceDesign sprint | SketchingCollaborationIdeation |