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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Decision Making RAPID |  Architecture ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method) |  Decision Making DACI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | In complex management decisions, clarity is often missing about who recommends, who agrees, and who makes the decision. RAPID creates this assignment and stabilizes decisions across several levels. | ATAM helps teams weigh architecture decisions when quality goals compete. The team considers business goals, stakeholder expectations, and technical decisions together. The evaluation shows which risks need further investigation. | In cross-functional decisions, responsibilities quickly blur between approval, influence, and execution. DACI arranges these roles so decision pressure, contribution, and information stay cleanly separated. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | High | Low |
Timedifferent | Mehrere Wochen | 45-90 min | Several meetings plus preparation and analysis; total effort depends on scope | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 3-12 | Evaluation team, architects, and relevant stakeholders | 2-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | RAPID Role Map, Recommendation, Decision Log | Prioritized quality scenarios in a utility tree, Architecture risks with reasoning and assumptions, Sensitivity and trade-off points, Findings report with open investigations | DACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log |
Tagsno overlap | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | DecisionRolesGovernance | ArchitectureQualityRiskTradeoffsStakeholders | DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment |