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| Criterion |  Innovation Design Sprint |  Product Strategy OKRs |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Product Strategy SMART Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When strategic direction needs to become measurable, it connects ambition with checkable results. It makes goals connectable to focus and review. | 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 goals are formulated too generally, it brings measurability, direction, and timing into shape. It prevents intentions from staying without clear verification. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 4-5 Tage | 1-2 h Setup | Mehrere Wochen | 15-30 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-8 | 2-20 | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 1-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Prototype, Test Findings, Decision Rationale | OKR set, Measurement plan, Review cadence | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | SMART Goal, Measurement Note, Deadline |
Tagsno overlap | Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation | GoalsAlignmentOutcomesMeasurement | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | GoalsPlanningMeasurementAlignment |