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Selected:Outcome-Driven InnovationFailure Mode and Effects AnalysisAssumption MappingFishbone Diagram
| Criterion |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Operations Failure Mode and Effects Analysis |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Operations Fishbone Diagram |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 process, product, or service with noticeable failure risks, the method assesses possible failure modes in advance. It directs attention to combinations of occurrence, effect, and detectability. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | When a problem has several possible contributing factors, the method sorts causes by cause areas. It prevents an initial hunch from blocking the view of other plausible drivers. |
Complexitydifferent | High | High | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | Mehrere Wochen | 2-6 h | 45-60 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 3-10 | 2-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | FMEA Table, Risk Priority, Mitigation Actions | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Fishbone Diagram, Cause Categories, Investigation Backlog |
Tagsno overlap | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | RiskQualityOperationsRoot cause | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | Root causeQualityOperations |