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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Innovation Double Diamond |  Innovation Worst Possible Idea |  Innovation Lotus Blossom |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | For a seemingly familiar problem with paralyzing seriousness, the method dissolves pressure and fear of judgment. It deliberately makes failure pictures extreme, so hidden assumptions become visible faster. This clarifies what a workable path should avoid. | When a central question feels too large, the method breaks it into neighboring topic fields with their own depth of ideation. It holds structure and openness at the same time, so adjacent perspectives don't get lost. This grows an idea space out of a core problem. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | Mehrere Wochen | Wochen bis Monate | 20-45 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 3-12 | 3-12 | 3-10 |
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 | Bad Idea List, Reframed Concepts, Idea Shortlist | Lotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | ProcessDivergenceInnovation | IdeationCreativityDivergence | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop |