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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Innovation Double Diamond |  UX Research Surveys |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 topic needs to be validated broadly and many people can answer the same question, surveys gather structured feedback in a scalable form. Answers become comparable and segmentable instead of remaining merely anecdotal. | The 5-Minute VC Check clarifies opportunities and strategic options at the earliest idea stage. It compares problem quality, customer willingness to pay, alternatives, differentiation, and market potential, and captures the result as a VC-check note, go/sharpen/park decision, and risk list. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | Mehrere Wochen | Wochen bis Monate | 3-14 Tage | 5-15 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 3-12 | 50+ | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Problem Statement, Solution Options, Prototypes, Deliverables per Phase | Survey Results, Charts, Segment Insights | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step |
Tagsno overlap | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | ProcessDivergenceInnovation | QuantitativeResearchValidation | StartupValidationCompetition |