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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Innovation Morphological Analysis |  Innovation Worst Possible Idea |  Innovation SCAMPER |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 search for solutions with many degrees of freedom, a grid emerges for systematic combinations. The method separates features, variants, and exclusion criteria, so the space gets explored deliberately. | 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. | For an existing solution under pressure to change, the method deliberately opens space for systematic variants. It directs attention to rebuilding, combining, and repurposing rather than only new basic ideas. This produces concrete evolution paths for products, offerings, or workflows. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | Mehrere Wochen | 1-3 h | 20-45 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 2-8 | 3-12 | 2-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Morphological Box, Concept Combinations, Idea Shortlist | Bad Idea List, Reframed Concepts, Idea Shortlist | SCAMPER Idea List, Concept Shortlist, Variation Notes |
Tagsno overlap | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | IdeationInnovationCreativity | IdeationCreativityDivergence | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityReframingInnovation |