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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas |  Innovation Design Sprint |  Innovation Design Thinking |  UX Research Surveys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas shows how an offering is positioned relative to the market. Differentiation thereby becomes tangible in value factors instead of merely being claimed. | When the product question is unclear and time pressure is high, the method takes a team from an open idea to a testable solution. It connects problem understanding, decision, and learning in one compact format, lowering the risk of spending a lot of energy on a mere guess. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 4-5 Tage | 1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 3-14 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 5-8 | 4-10 | 50+ |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Async |
Outputdifferent | Strategy Canvas, Value Curve, ERRC Actions | Prototype, Test Findings, Decision Rationale | Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings | Survey Results, Charts, Segment Insights |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyPositioningInnovationValue | Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation | InnovationPrototypeResearch | QuantitativeResearchValidation |