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| Criterion |  UX Design Lean UX Canvas |  Innovation Design Thinking |  Innovation Design Sprint |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The Lean UX Canvas helps clarify user behavior, touchpoints, and concept decisions. It makes assumptions and desired outcomes visible and captures the result as a completed canvas, hypothesis list, and first experiment. | For complex user problems with an uncertain cause, the method connects observation, interpretation, and experiment into a learning cycle. It keeps the focus on real needs and avoids premature solution language. This produces robust decisions for product and service. | When the product question is unclear and time pressure is high, the method takes a team from an open idea to a testable solution. It connects problem understanding, decision, and learning in one compact format, lowering the risk of spending a lot of energy on a mere guess. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | High |
Timedifferent | 2-3 h | 1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 4-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 4-10 | 5-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Completed Lean UX Canvas, Hypothesis list, First experiment | Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings | Prototype, Test Findings, Decision Rationale |
Tagsno overlap | CanvasHypothesisOutcomesDiscovery | InnovationPrototypeResearch | Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation |
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