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| Criterion |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Product Strategy Impact Mapping |  Business Strategy Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | Mehrere Wochen | 45-90 min | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 3-8 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options | Strategy Canvas, Value Curve, ERRC Actions |
Tagsno overlap | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning | StrategyPositioningInnovationValue |