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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Facilitation Dot Voting |  Facilitation Power Interest Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. | When a workshop has produced too many options and the group needs to condense quickly, dot voting makes preferences visible in a short time. It bundles individual votes into a solid signal for the next selection. | When many stakeholders compete for attention at once, the Power Interest Grid sorts them by influence and stake. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Power Interest Grid and a stakeholder-specific strategy. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | Mehrere Wochen | 1-2 h | 5-15 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 4-12 | 3-20 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Ranked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist | Power Interest Grid, Strategy per Stakeholder |
Tagsno overlap | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning |