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| Criterion |  Innovation Design Thinking |  Knowledge Modeling Concept Mapping |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Knowledge Modeling Knowledge Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Concept Mapping arranges terms and relationships in a network that makes subject-matter connections tangible. It fits when a topic needs to be understood structurally rather than linearly. | 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. | Knowledge Mapping makes knowledge, gaps, and transfer paths visible across a field. It fits when expertise should not just exist but also be findable and transferable. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 1-2 h | Mehrere Wochen | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 1-8 | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings | Concept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge Gaps | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Knowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer Plan |
Tagsno overlap | InnovationPrototypeResearch | KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | KnowledgeMappingRisk |