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Selected:Outcome-Driven InnovationDesign ThinkingTheory of Constraints Thinking ProcessCurrent Reality Tree
| Criterion |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Innovation Design Thinking |  Systems Thinking Theory of Constraints Thinking Process |  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. | 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. | The Theory of Constraints Thinking Process exposes a system's bottleneck and the logic behind it. It suits situations where many symptoms trace back to the same limiting relationship. | 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. |
Complexitysame | High | High | High | High |
Timedifferent | Mehrere Wochen | 1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 0.5-3 Tage | 2-6 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 4-10 | 4-10 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings | Current Reality Logic, Conflict Cloud, Future Reality Tree, Implementation Obstacles | Current Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention Ideas |
Tagsno overlap | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | InnovationPrototypeResearch | Theory of ConstraintsConstraintsSystems thinkingCausality | Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality |