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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Decision Making Risk Matrix |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | When a project faces many possible disruptions, it quickly becomes unclear which risks deserve attention first. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Risk Matrix and a Top Risk List. | In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | Mehrere Wochen | 30-60 min | 20–45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 3-10 | Small cross-functional group |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Risk Matrix, Top Risk List | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log |
Tagsno overlap | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | RiskDecisionPrioritizationAssessment | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning |
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