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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Systems Thinking Causal Loop Diagram |  Innovation Design Thinking |  Systems Thinking Current Reality Tree |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 Causal Loop Diagram makes feedback, reinforcement, and balance in a system legible. It uncovers side effects and self-reinforcement that stay hidden in linear explanations. | 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. | A Current Reality Tree condenses many symptoms into a few causal chains. The method makes visible which core problems drive several negative effects at once. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | High | High |
Timedifferent | Mehrere Wochen | 1-3 h | 1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 2-6 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 2-8 | 4-10 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Causal Loop Diagram, Feedback Notes, Leverage Points | Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings | Current Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention Ideas |
Tagsno overlap | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | FeedbackSystems thinkingCausalityDynamics | InnovationPrototypeResearch | Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality |