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| Criterion |  Innovation Design Sprint |  UX Research Surveys |  UX Research Empathy Mapping |  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. | 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. | When a lot is assumed about a target group but little is seen jointly, empathy mapping makes knowledge and gaps directly comparable. The picture also shows which assumptions hold up and where evidence is missing. | 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 | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 4-5 Tage | 3-14 Tage | 30–60 min | Mehrere Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 5-8 | 50+ | 4-8 | 2-6 researchers plus sample |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Prototype, Test Findings, Decision Rationale | Survey Results, Charts, Segment Insights | Empathy Map, Assumptions List, Research Gaps | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses |
Tagsno overlap | Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation | QuantitativeResearchValidation | SynthesisQualitativeWorkshop | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative |