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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Operations Process Mapping |  Innovation TRIZ |  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. | 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. | 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 | Medium | High | Low |
Timedifferent | Mehrere Wochen | 1-3 h | 1-4 h | 20-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 3-10 | 2-8 | 3-12 |
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 | Lessons learned, Action items, Event summary |
Tagsno overlap | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | ProcessOperationsImprovement | InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity | LearningOperationsImprovement |