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| Criterion |  Operations Visual Management |  Innovation Brainstorming |  Innovation Starbursting |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | With high tempo and many parallel topics, the method makes status, deviations, and priorities visible at a glance. It reduces search effort and prevents what matters from getting lost in daily work. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | Ongoing | 30-60 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-20 | 4-12 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Visual Board, Status Indicators, Exception Cues | Idea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist | Star-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption List |
Tagsno overlap | SignalsOperationsVisual management | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence | BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery |
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