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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Operations 8D Problem Solving |  Systems Thinking Behavior Over Time Graph |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | A Behavior Over Time Graph shows how a metric or observation develops over time. The method makes trends, breaks, and recurring patterns visible that get lost in snapshots. |
Complexitydifferent | High | High | Low |
Timedifferent | Mehrere Wochen | 1-6 Wochen | 20-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 4-10 | 1-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | 8D Report, Containment Plan, Root Cause Evidence, Corrective Action Plan | Behavior Over Time Graph, Trend Hypotheses, Key Events |
Tagsno overlap | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | QualityProblem solvingRoot cause | Systems thinkingPatternsDynamics |
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