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| Criterion |  Innovation Design Thinking |  Operations Bottleneck Analysis |  Product Strategy SMART Goals |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | For a flow that backs up at one point, the method looks for the capacity limit with the greatest leverage. It explains why extra effort elsewhere barely improves throughput. | When goals are formulated too generally, it brings measurability, direction, and timing into shape. It prevents intentions from staying without clear verification. | Helps clarify technical problems, hypotheses, and next steps in concrete terms. It breaks a technical problem into testable parts. The result is captured as a GQM table and metric briefs. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 1-3 h | 15-30 min | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 3-8 | 1-8 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings | Bottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up Measures | SMART Goal, Measurement Note, Deadline | GQM Table, Metric Profiles |
Tagsno overlap | InnovationPrototypeResearch | FlowMeasurementConstraints | GoalsPlanningMeasurementAlignment | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment |