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Selected:Outcome-Driven Innovation8D Problem SolvingAssumption MappingFailure Mode and Effects Analysis
| Criterion | ![]() Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation | ![]() Operations 8D Problem Solving | ![]() Product Discovery Assumption Mapping | ![]() Operations Failure Mode and Effects 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 an acute quality or delivery problem, the method structures immediate protection and root cause work together. It keeps the situation stable while the actual cause is investigated cleanly. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | For a process, product, or service with noticeable failure risks, the method assesses possible failure modes in advance. It directs attention to combinations of occurrence, effect, and detectability. |
Complexitydifferent | High | High | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | Mehrere Wochen | 1-6 Wochen | 45-60 min | 2-6 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 4-10 | 2-8 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | 8D Report, Containment Plan, Root Cause Evidence, Corrective Action Plan | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | FMEA Table, Risk Priority, Mitigation Actions |
Tagsno overlap | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | QualityProblem solvingRoot cause | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | RiskQualityOperationsRoot cause |



