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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Operations MORT Analysis |  Operations 5 Whys |  Operations Family 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 safety-relevant event or a system with high protection requirements, the method examines where controls failed. It exposes both technical and organizational gaps. | For a single, hard-to-explain deviation, the method exposes the causal chain behind the visible symptom. It keeps the cause open until a controllable condition emerges instead of a mere description. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | High | High | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | Mehrere Wochen | Mehrere Tage bis Wochen | 15-30 min | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 2-6 | 2-6 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | MORT Worksheets, Findings per Branch, Corrective Actions, Systemic Recommendations | Root cause notes, Countermeasures | Family Tree Diagram, Pattern Notes, Systemic Measures |
Tagsno overlap | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | Root causeSafetySystemicIncident | Root causeIncidentLeanProblem solving | Root causePatternsIncidentSystemic |