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| Criterion |  Innovation Design Thinking |  Operations MORT Analysis |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Operations Causal Factor 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. | For a safety-relevant event or a system with high protection requirements, the method examines where controls failed. It exposes both technical and organizational gaps. | 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. | For an event with a complicated course, the method breaks down the contributing factors along the timeline. It shows how conditions, decisions, and reactions together produce a course of events. |
Complexitysame | High | High | High | High |
Timedifferent | 1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen | Mehrere Tage bis Wochen | Mehrere Wochen | 2-6 h |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 2-6 | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings | MORT Worksheets, Findings per Branch, Corrective Actions, Systemic Recommendations | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Event Timeline, Causal Factor Chart, Cause List, Corrective Actions |
Tagsno overlap | InnovationPrototypeResearch | Root causeSafetySystemicIncident | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | CausalityIncidentRoot causeTimeline |