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| Criterion | ![]() Innovation Design Thinking | ![]() Business Strategy Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas | ![]() Business Strategy PESTLE Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | The Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas shows how an offering is positioned relative to the market. Differentiation thereby becomes tangible in value factors instead of merely being claimed. | PESTLE Analysis makes political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental influences visible. The environment of an initiative is thereby read systematically instead of through isolated trends. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 2-4 h | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 3-10 | 2-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings | Strategy Canvas, Value Curve, ERRC Actions | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions |
Tagsno overlap | InnovationPrototypeResearch | StrategyPositioningInnovationValue | StrategyMarketAnalysis |
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