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| Criterion |  Innovation Design Sprint |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Innovation Design Thinking |
|---|---|---|---|
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 an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first. | For complex user problems with an uncertain cause, the method connects observation, interpretation, and experiment into a learning cycle. It keeps the focus on real needs and avoids premature solution language. This produces robust decisions for product and service. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 4-5 Tage | 60–90 min | 1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 5-8 | 2-8 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Prototype, Test Findings, Decision Rationale | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings |
Tagsno overlap | Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | InnovationPrototypeResearch |
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