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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Operations 5 Whys |  UX Research Surveys |  Operations Barrier Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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 single, hard-to-explain deviation, the method exposes the causal chain behind the visible symptom. It keeps the cause open until a controllable condition emerges instead of a mere description. | 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. | 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 | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | Mehrere Wochen | 15-30 min | 3-14 Tage | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 2-6 | 50+ | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Root cause notes, Countermeasures | Survey Results, Charts, Segment Insights | Barrier Inventory, Failure Analysis per Barrier, Action Backlog |
Tagsno overlap | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | Root causeIncidentLeanProblem solving | QuantitativeResearchValidation | Root causeSafetyIncident |