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| Criterion |  Operations Kaizen Event |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Operations Getting Things Done |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | For a tightly scoped process segment with noticeable waste, the method bundles shared energy for change. It suits situations that call for fast learning loops and visible adjustments. | 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. | With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 0.5-5 Tage | Mehrere Wochen | 1-2 h Setup, laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 1 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Kaizen Charter, Waste List, Improvement Experiments, Standard Work Update | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Action Lists, Project List, Review Routine |
Tagsno overlap | LeanContinuous improvementOperations | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution |
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