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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking Evaporating Cloud |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Systems Thinking Leverage Points |  Business Strategy Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict. | 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. | Leverage Points show exactly where interventions in a system produce a disproportionate effect. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a leverage map and action strategy. | The Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas shows how an offering is positioned relative to the market. Differentiation thereby becomes tangible in value factors instead of merely being claimed. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60-120 min | Mehrere Wochen | Half day | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 3-12 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Leverage Map, Action Strategy | Strategy Canvas, Value Curve, ERRC Actions |
Tagsno overlap | Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | Systems thinkingChangeStrategy | StrategyPositioningInnovationValue |