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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Operations A3 Problem Solving |  UX Research Surveys |  Operations 5 Whys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 complex deviation with several people involved, the method bundles problem, analysis, and decision onto one page. It creates a shared working space where causes, countermeasures, and follow-up fit together. | 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 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. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | Mehrere Wochen | 45-90 min | 3-14 Tage | 15-30 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 2-5 | 50+ | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | A3 Report, Action Plan, Root Cause Analysis | Survey Results, Charts, Segment Insights | Root cause notes, Countermeasures |
Tagsno overlap | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | LeanProblem solvingCoachingOperations | QuantitativeResearchValidation | Root causeIncidentLeanProblem solving |