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Paper illustration of Outcome-Driven Innovation with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Outcome-Driven Innovation
Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision Tree
Paper illustration of GIST Planning with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
GIST Planning
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.For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch.GIST Planning helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities. It links customer value, product logic, and decision priorities, and captures the result as goals, an idea bank, and a step-project list.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
Mehrere Wochen30-90 minWochen bis Monate je Goal
Participantsdifferent
2-6 researchers plus sample1-63-10
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypothesesDecision Tree, Option Map, Assumption ListGoals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports
Tagsno overlap
OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative
DecisionTreeOptions
RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments
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Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Design Thinking as a learning loop: an observation notebook, a focused problem statement, different idea sketches, a cardboard prototype and user-test notes. Feedback leads to new understanding.
Innovation
Design Thinking
Paper illustration for Impact Filter
Decision Making
Impact Filter
Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping