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| Criterion |  UX Research Card Sorting |  Innovation Design Thinking |  Innovation Contradiction Analysis |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When content only makes sense internally and users can't find the structure again, card sorting exposes their mental order. Terms, groups, and naming are then aligned with the target group's expectations. | 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 system should improve while another measure suffers as a result, the method makes the underlying conflict precisely formulable. It separates the desired effect from its side effect. This makes solutions possible that address the contradiction deliberately instead of half-heartedly. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 20-45 min | 1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 60-120 min | Mehrere Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | Based on research question | 4-10 | 2-8 | 2-6 researchers plus sample |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Content groups, Label set, IA hypotheses | Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings | Contradiction Statement, Abstraction Notes, Solution Principles, Concept Ideas | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses |
Tagsno overlap | Information architectureNavigationStructure | InnovationPrototypeResearch | ContradictionsInnovationProblem solving | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative |