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| Criterion |  Facilitation Timeline |  Knowledge Modeling Knowledge Mapping |  Innovation Lotus Blossom |  Innovation Design Charrette |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a project, incident, or change process is only remembered in fragments, Timeline brings the sequence back into a readable form. It makes turning points, precursors, and after-effects recognizable over the course of time. | Knowledge Mapping makes knowledge, gaps, and transfer paths visible across a field. It fits when expertise should not just exist but also be findable and transferable. | 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. | 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 | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 1-3 h | 45-90 min | Halber Tag bis mehrere Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 3-12 | 3-10 | 10-50 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Timeline, Milestones, Insight Notes | Knowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer Plan | Lotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist | Sketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction |
Tagsno overlap | TimelineFacilitationSequence | KnowledgeMappingRisk | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop | BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation |