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| Criterion |  Innovation Design Sprint |  Operations Time Blocking |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  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. | With a calendar that grows on request, the method makes available time explicit again. It combines appointments, focus work, and buffer into a more realistic day structure. | 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. | 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 | Low | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 4-5 Tage | 15-30 min Planung, laufend | Mehrere Wochen | Wochen bis Monate je Goal |
Participantsdifferent | 5-8 | 1 | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Prototype, Test Findings, Decision Rationale | Blocked Calendar, Capacity View, Focus Plan | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports |
Tagsno overlap | Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation | PlanningTime managementFocus | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments |