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Criterion
Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping
A paper-based illustration representing Design Sprint with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Design Sprint
Paper illustration of Outcome-Driven Innovation with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Outcome-Driven Innovation
Purposedifferent
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.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.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
MediumHighHigh
Timedifferent
90-180 min4-5 TageMehrere Wochen
Participantsdifferent
4-125-82-6 researchers plus sample
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Decision Rights Matrix, AgreementPrototype, Test Findings, Decision RationaleDesired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses
Tagsno overlap
DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility
Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation
OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative
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Design Thinking as a learning loop: an observation notebook, a focused problem statement, different idea sketches, a cardboard prototype and user-test notes. Feedback leads to new understanding.
Innovation
Design Thinking
Paper illustration for Impact Filter
Decision Making
Impact Filter