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| Criterion |  Operations Bottleneck Analysis |  Innovation Design Sprint |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Product Discovery Solution Interview |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | For a flow that backs up at one point, the method looks for the capacity limit with the greatest leverage. It explains why extra effort elsewhere barely improves throughput. | 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. | 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 solution idea is already on the table, it checks how it is understood and evaluated. It looks for resonance, objections, and missing fit early in the conversation. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 4-5 Tage | Mehrere Wochen | 30-60 min je Interview |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 5-8 | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 5-10 Interviews |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Bottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up Measures | Prototype, Test Findings, Decision Rationale | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Solution Feedback, Objection List, Validation Notes |
Tagsno overlap | FlowMeasurementConstraints | Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | ValidationInterviewsPrototype |