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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Innovation Double Diamond |  Product Strategy Impact Mapping |  Innovation Design Thinking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 problems with a fuzzy situation, the method cleanly separates search space and decision. It first creates breadth in understanding and then focus in elaboration. This brings open questions, problem definition, and solution path into a traceable movement. | When a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | Mehrere Wochen | Wochen bis Monate | 45-90 min | 1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 3-12 | 3-8 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Problem Statement, Solution Options, Prototypes, Deliverables per Phase | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options | Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings |
Tagsno overlap | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | ProcessDivergenceInnovation | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning | InnovationPrototypeResearch |