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| Criterion |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Innovation Design Sprint |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped. | 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 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. | GIST Planning helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities. It links customer value, product logic, and decision priorities, and captures the result as goals, an idea bank, and a step-project list. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | Mehrere Wochen | 4-5 Tage | Wochen bis Monate je Goal |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 5-8 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Prototype, Test Findings, Decision Rationale | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports |
Tagsno overlap | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments |