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Selected:Outcome-Driven InnovationFault Tree AnalysisArchitecture Communication CanvasBarrier Analysis
| Criterion | ![]() Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation | ![]() Operations Fault Tree Analysis | ![]() Architecture Architecture Communication Canvas | ![]() Operations Barrier 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 critical top event with several possible triggers, the method logically models failure paths. It makes visible which combinations of conditions can lead to damage. | The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design. | For a risk that can only be managed through multiple layers of protection, the method examines the effectiveness of each barrier. It shows where safeguards are missing, too weak, or fail under real conditions. |
Complexitydifferent | High | High | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | Mehrere Wochen | 2-6 h | 60-120 min | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 3-8 | 2-8 | 2-6 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Fault Tree, Critical Paths, Cause Hypotheses, Control Actions | Communication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan | Barrier Inventory, Failure Analysis per Barrier, Action Backlog |
Tagsno overlap | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | RiskRoot causeSafety | ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas | Root causeSafetyIncident |



