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| Criterion |  Innovation Contradiction Analysis |  UX Research Card Sorting |  UX Research Surveys |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 | Medium | Low | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 60-120 min | 20-45 min | 3-14 Tage | Mehrere Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | Based on research question | 50+ | 2-6 researchers plus sample |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Contradiction Statement, Abstraction Notes, Solution Principles, Concept Ideas | Content groups, Label set, IA hypotheses | Survey Results, Charts, Segment Insights | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses |
Tagsno overlap | ContradictionsInnovationProblem solving | Information architectureNavigationStructure | QuantitativeResearchValidation | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative |