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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Operations Gemba Walk |  Operations After-Action Review |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | When there is uncertainty about the real course of a process, the method brings observation to the place where work happens. It combines perception, follow-up questions, and process knowledge so decisions rest on actual workflows instead of assumptions. | After missions or project phases with unclear outcomes, the method makes visible what actually happened and what can be learned from it. It separates course, effect, and causes so experience turns into solid improvement. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | Mehrere Wochen | 30-120 min | 20-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 2-6 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Observation Notes, Improvement Ideas | Lessons learned, Action items, Event summary |
Tagsno overlap | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | LeanObservationProcessOperations | LearningOperationsImprovement |
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