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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Business Strategy Business Model Stress Test |  Innovation Design Thinking |  Business Strategy Value Chain 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. | A Business Model Stress Test checks how well a business model holds up under pressure and headwinds. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a stress-test report and action plan per scenario. | For complex user problems with an uncertain cause, the method connects observation, interpretation, and experiment into a learning cycle. It keeps the focus on real needs and avoids premature solution language. This produces robust decisions for product and service. | Value Chain Analysis shows where value is created, costs accrue, and differentiation becomes possible along the process. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a value-chain map and lever list. |
Complexitysame | High | High | High | High |
Timedifferent | Mehrere Wochen | Half day | 1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen | Half day |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 3-8 | 4-10 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Stress Test Report, Action Plan per Scenario | Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings | Value Chain Map, Lever List |
Tagsno overlap | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | StrategyBusiness modelRiskDiagnosis | InnovationPrototypeResearch | StrategyBusiness modelDiagnosisAnalysis |