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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Facilitation Decision Jam |  Innovation SCAMPER |  Innovation Design Charrette |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer. | For an existing solution under pressure to change, the method deliberately opens space for systematic variants. It directs attention to rebuilding, combining, and repurposing rather than only new basic ideas. This produces concrete evolution paths for products, offerings, or workflows. | In a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | Mehrere Wochen | 60-90 min | 30-60 min | Halber Tag bis mehrere Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 4-10 | 2-10 | 10-50 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment | SCAMPER Idea List, Concept Shortlist, Variation Notes | Sketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction |
Tagsno overlap | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityReframingInnovation | BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation |