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| Criterion |  Innovation Lean Startup |  UX Research Surveys |  Product Strategy Lean Canvas |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | For uncertain business assumptions, the method forces the idea into contact with real market reactions early. It separates wishful picture, assumption, and observable behavior, so that learning becomes faster than planning. This translates uncertainty into measurable insight. | 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. | When an early product bet still has too many open points, it brings target group, problem, and assumptions into a single view. It condenses the idea so core risks become nameable. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | Wochen bis Monate je Lernzyklus | 3-14 Tage | 45-90 min | Mehrere Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 50+ | 1-6 | 2-6 researchers plus sample |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Hypothesis list, MVPs, Learning reports, Pivot or persevere decision | Survey Results, Charts, Segment Insights | Lean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses |
Tagsno overlap | LeanStartupValidationMVP | QuantitativeResearchValidation | StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative |