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| Criterion |  Operations Fishbone Diagram |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Operations MORT Analysis |  Operations Failure Mode and Effects 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 safety-relevant event or a system with high protection requirements, the method examines where controls failed. It exposes both technical and organizational gaps. | For a process, product, or service with noticeable failure risks, the method assesses possible failure modes in advance. It directs attention to combinations of occurrence, effect, and detectability. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | High | High |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | Mehrere Wochen | Mehrere Tage bis Wochen | 2-6 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 2-6 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Fishbone Diagram, Cause Categories, Investigation Backlog | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | MORT Worksheets, Findings per Branch, Corrective Actions, Systemic Recommendations | FMEA Table, Risk Priority, Mitigation Actions |
Tagsno overlap | Root causeQualityOperations | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | Root causeSafetySystemicIncident | RiskQualityOperationsRoot cause |