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| Criterion |  Innovation Design Thinking |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Operations Weekly Review |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | In a week with many open loops, the method creates distance from operational noise. It organizes commitments, calendar, and projects so the next week becomes workable. |
Complexitydifferent | High | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen | Mehrere Wochen | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 1 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Updated Task System, Weekly Focus, Next Actions |
Tagsno overlap | InnovationPrototypeResearch | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | ProductivityExecutionPlanning |
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