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Selected:Design SprintLASR (Lightweight Approach for Software Reviews)SurveysOutcome-Driven Innovation
| Criterion |  Innovation Design Sprint |  Architecture LASR (Lightweight Approach for Software Reviews) |  UX Research Surveys |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | LASR helps development teams identify where their software falls short of important quality goals and which improvements to consider. A small group with existing system knowledge can make an initial assessment and investigate open questions in more detail. | 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 | High | Medium | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 4-5 Tage | 3–4 h for initial assessment; preparation and deeper analysis additional | 3-14 Tage | Mehrere Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 5-8 | 1 or a small team; particularly suitable for 3–4 people | 50+ | 2-6 researchers plus sample |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Prototype, Test Findings, Decision Rationale | Lean Mission Statement describing the software’s purpose, Prioritized quality goals and evaluation criteria, Risks and estimated gaps against quality goals, More closely examined findings and open checks | Survey Results, Charts, Segment Insights | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses |
Tagsno overlap | Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation | ArchitectureQualityRiskAssessmentLean | QuantitativeResearchValidation | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative |