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| Criterion |  Operations A3 Problem Solving |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  UX Research Surveys |  Innovation Design Thinking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 topic needs to be validated broadly and many people can answer the same question, surveys gather structured feedback in a scalable form. Answers become comparable and segmentable instead of remaining merely anecdotal. | For complex user problems with an uncertain cause, the method connects observation, interpretation, and experiment into a learning cycle. It keeps the focus on real needs and avoids premature solution language. This produces robust decisions for product and service. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | Mehrere Wochen | 3-14 Tage | 1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 2-5 | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 50+ | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | A3 Report, Action Plan, Root Cause Analysis | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Survey Results, Charts, Segment Insights | Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings |
Tagsno overlap | LeanProblem solvingCoachingOperations | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | QuantitativeResearchValidation | InnovationPrototypeResearch |