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| Criterion |  Innovation Design Thinking |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Operations ALPEN Method |  Product Strategy Impact 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. | 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. | With an overloaded day full of too many tasks, a realistic picture of the day emerges. The method connects estimating, deciding, and buffer thinking so planning fits available energy and time. | When a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures. |
Complexitydifferent | High | High | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen | Mehrere Wochen | 10-20 min daily | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 1 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Daily Plan, Time Estimates, Review Notes | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options |
Tagsno overlap | InnovationPrototypeResearch | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | PlanningTime managementProductivityOperations | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning |