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| Criterion |  Decision Making DACI |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Innovation Design Sprint |  Decision Making Decision Rights Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | In cross-functional decisions, responsibilities quickly blur between approval, influence, and execution. DACI arranges these roles so decision pressure, contribution, and information stay cleanly separated. | 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. | In organizations with many stakeholders, it often blurs who actually decides and who is merely consulted. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Decision Rights matrix and an agreement. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | Mehrere Wochen | 4-5 Tage | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-10 | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 5-8 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | DACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Prototype, Test Findings, Decision Rationale | Decision Rights Matrix, Agreement |
Tagsno overlap | DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation | DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility |