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| Criterion |  Operations MORT Analysis |  UX Research Surveys |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Operations Barrier Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | 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. | 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 | High | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | Mehrere Tage bis Wochen | 3-14 Tage | Mehrere Wochen | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 50+ | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | MORT Worksheets, Findings per Branch, Corrective Actions, Systemic Recommendations | Survey Results, Charts, Segment Insights | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Barrier Inventory, Failure Analysis per Barrier, Action Backlog |
Tagsno overlap | Root causeSafetySystemicIncident | QuantitativeResearchValidation | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | Root causeSafetyIncident |