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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Innovation Contradiction Analysis |  Innovation Design Sprint |
|---|---|---|---|
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 a system should improve while another measure suffers as a result, the method makes the underlying conflict precisely formulable. It separates the desired effect from its side effect. This makes solutions possible that address the contradiction deliberately instead of half-heartedly. | When the product question is unclear and time pressure is high, the method takes a team from an open idea to a testable solution. It connects problem understanding, decision, and learning in one compact format, lowering the risk of spending a lot of energy on a mere guess. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | Mehrere Wochen | 60-120 min | 4-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 2-8 | 5-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Contradiction Statement, Abstraction Notes, Solution Principles, Concept Ideas | Prototype, Test Findings, Decision Rationale |
Tags1 shared | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | ContradictionsInnovationProblem solving | Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation |
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