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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Operations Process Mapping |  Innovation TRIZ |  Operations A3 Problem Solving |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | With a confusing workflow that has many handoffs, the method makes the actual process visible. It shows where work is passed on, delayed, or duplicated, so improvement targets the right spots. | For technical contradictions or trade-offs, the method looks for solutions that resolve opposing requirements at the same time. It translates limits into an explicit picture of conflict that becomes workable. This produces not just compromises but more elegant principles. | For a complex deviation with several people involved, the method bundles problem, analysis, and decision onto one page. It creates a shared working space where causes, countermeasures, and follow-up fit together. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | Mehrere Wochen | 1-3 h | 1-4 h | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 3-10 | 2-8 | 2-5 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Process Map, Handoff List, Improvement Backlog | Contradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution Concepts | A3 Report, Action Plan, Root Cause Analysis |
Tagsno overlap | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | ProcessOperationsImprovement | InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity | LeanProblem solvingCoachingOperations |