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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Operations Family Tree Analysis |  Operations 8D Problem Solving |  Operations Root Cause Tree Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 a series of incidents with a similar pattern, the method arranges individual events as branches of a common origin. It makes visible which conditions keep recurring. | For an acute quality or delivery problem, the method structures immediate protection and root cause work together. It keeps the situation stable while the actual cause is investigated cleanly. | For a problem with several suspected causes, the method builds a causal structure instead of a mere list. It makes visible how causes connect and where the strongest points of leverage lie. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | Mehrere Wochen | 2-4 h | 1-6 Wochen | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 2-6 | 4-10 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Family Tree Diagram, Pattern Notes, Systemic Measures | 8D Report, Containment Plan, Root Cause Evidence, Corrective Action Plan | Cause Tree, Evidence Notes, Countermeasures |
Tagsno overlap | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | Root causePatternsIncidentSystemic | QualityProblem solvingRoot cause | Root causeTreeIncidentQuality |