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| Criterion |  Innovation Design Thinking |  Innovation Brainwriting |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Innovation Design Charrette |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When loud voices or hierarchy distort the idea search, the method creates a quiet entry into joint development. It gives everyone thinking space and gathers contributions without social brakes, making diversity more visible and easier to build on. | 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. | In a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 15-30 min | Mehrere Wochen | Halber Tag bis mehrere Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 3-12 | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 10-50 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings | Idea sheets, Expanded concepts, Prioritized list | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Sketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction |
Tagsno overlap | InnovationPrototypeResearch | BrainstormingCollaborationInclusionIdeas | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation |