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| Criterion |  Innovation Design Sprint |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Delivery Communication Plan |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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 many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost. | GIST Planning helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities. It links customer value, product logic, and decision priorities, and captures the result as goals, an idea bank, and a step-project list. |
Complexitydifferent | High | High | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 4-5 Tage | Mehrere Wochen | 45-90 min | Wochen bis Monate je Goal |
Participantsdifferent | 5-8 | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 2-6 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Prototype, Test Findings, Decision Rationale | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports |
Tagsno overlap | Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments |