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| Criterion |  Innovation Design Thinking |  Product Discovery Concierge MVP |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |
|---|---|---|---|
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 an idea can first fail or grow through genuine hands-on support, it relies on manual work instead of automation. It shows whether user value holds up even under manual execution. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 1-4 Wochen | Mehrere Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 3-10 Kunden | 2-6 researchers plus sample |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings | Concierge Learnings, Service Blueprint, MVP Risks | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses |
Tagsno overlap | InnovationPrototypeResearch | MVPValidationServiceDiscovery | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative |
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