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| Criterion | ![]() Operations ABC Analysis | ![]() Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation | ![]() UX Research Surveys | ![]() Business Strategy Three Horizons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | With many similar objects of differing economic significance, the method prioritizes effort by effect. It separates what needs regular steering from what rarely needs attention. | 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. | Three Horizons helps clarify strategic options across different timeframes. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and investment choices, and captures the result as a horizon map, portfolio view, and initiatives per horizon. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | Mehrere Wochen | 3-14 Tage | Halbtags-Workshop, dann iterativ |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 50+ | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | ABC Classification, Focus Rules, Control List | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Survey Results, Charts, Segment Insights | Horizon map, Portfolio view, Initiatives per horizon, Resource plan |
Tagsno overlap | PrioritizationOperationsPortfolio | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | QuantitativeResearchValidation | StrategyInnovationPortfolioForesight |



