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Selected:A3 Problem Solving Outcome-Driven Innovation Root Cause Analysis Failure Mode and Effects Analysis

Criterion	Operations A3 Problem Solving	Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation	Operations Root Cause Analysis	Operations Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Purposedifferent	For a complex deviation with several people involved, the method bundles problem, analysis, and decision onto one page. It creates a shared working space where causes, countermeasures, and follow-up fit together.	Outcome-Driven Innovation clarifies customer problems, solution opportunities, and evidence. It separates jobs, desired outcomes, importance, satisfaction, and opportunity, and captures results as desired outcome statements, an opportunity landscape, and segments by underserved needs.	When a problem keeps recurring and the cause stays unclear, the method exposes the underlying mechanism. It separates symptom, guess, and robust explanation from one another.	For a process, product, or service with noticeable failure risks, the method assesses possible failure modes in advance. It directs attention to combinations of occurrence, effect, and detectability.
Complexitydifferent	Medium	High	Medium	High
Timedifferent	45-90 min	Mehrere Wochen	1-4 h	2-6 h
Participantsdifferent	2-5	2-6 researchers plus sample	3-8	3-10
Formatdifferent	Workshop + async	Workshop + async	Workshop + async	Workshop
Outputdifferent	A3 Report, Action Plan, Root Cause Analysis	Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses	Problem Statement, Cause Hypotheses, Confirmed Causes, Action Plan	FMEA Table, Risk Priority, Mitigation Actions
Tagsno overlap	LeanProblem solvingCoachingOperations	OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative	Root causeProblem solvingQualityIncident	RiskQualityOperationsRoot cause

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