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| Criterion |  Innovation Double Diamond |  UX Research Surveys |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Growth A/B Testing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | For complex problems with a fuzzy situation, the method cleanly separates search space and decision. It first creates breadth in understanding and then focus in elaboration. This brings open questions, problem definition, and solution path into a traceable movement. | When a topic needs to be validated broadly and many people can answer the same question, surveys gather structured feedback in a scalable form. Answers become comparable and segmentable instead of remaining merely anecdotal. | 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. | When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | High | High |
Timedifferent | Wochen bis Monate | 3-14 Tage | Mehrere Wochen | 1-4 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 50+ | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Problem Statement, Solution Options, Prototypes, Deliverables per Phase | Survey Results, Charts, Segment Insights | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary |
Tagsno overlap | ProcessDivergenceInnovation | QuantitativeResearchValidation | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation |