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| Criterion | ![]() Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation | ![]() Product Discovery Assumption Mapping | ![]() Operations 8D Problem Solving | ![]() Product Discovery Riskiest Assumption Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | 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 an idea hinges on one critical unknown, it prioritizes testing that exact piece of uncertainty first. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a prioritized list of assumptions, a test plan, and a result report. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | Mehrere Wochen | 45-60 min | 1-6 Wochen | 1-2 Wochen pro Iteration |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 2-8 | 4-10 | 2-6 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | 8D Report, Containment Plan, Root Cause Evidence, Corrective Action Plan | Prioritized Assumption List, Test Plan, Results Report |
Tagsno overlap | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | QualityProblem solvingRoot cause | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryAssumptions |



