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| Criterion |  Operations Fishbone Diagram |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Operations Barrier Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a problem has several possible contributing factors, the method sorts causes by cause areas. It prevents an initial hunch from blocking the view of other plausible drivers. | 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 a risk that can only be managed through multiple layers of protection, the method examines the effectiveness of each barrier. It shows where safeguards are missing, too weak, or fail under real conditions. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | Mehrere Wochen | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Fishbone Diagram, Cause Categories, Investigation Backlog | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Barrier Inventory, Failure Analysis per Barrier, Action Backlog |
Tagsno overlap | Root causeQualityOperations | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | Root causeSafetyIncident |
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