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Selected:Outcome-Driven Innovation Root Cause Analysis A3 Problem Solving Failure Mode and Effects Analysis

Criterion	Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation	Operations Root Cause Analysis	Operations A3 Problem Solving	Operations Failure Mode and Effects 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.	When a problem keeps recurring and the cause stays unclear, the method exposes the underlying mechanism. It separates symptom, guess, and robust explanation from one another.	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.	For a process, product, or service with noticeable failure risks, the method assesses possible failure modes in advance. It directs attention to combinations of occurrence, effect, and detectability.
Complexitydifferent	High	Medium	Medium	High
Timedifferent	Mehrere Wochen	1-4 h	45-90 min	2-6 h
Participantsdifferent	2-6 researchers plus sample	3-8	2-5	3-10
Formatdifferent	Workshop + async	Workshop + async	Workshop + async	Workshop
Outputdifferent	Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses	Problem Statement, Cause Hypotheses, Confirmed Causes, Action Plan	A3 Report, Action Plan, Root Cause Analysis	FMEA Table, Risk Priority, Mitigation Actions
Tagsno overlap	OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative	Root causeProblem solvingQualityIncident	LeanProblem solvingCoachingOperations	RiskQualityOperationsRoot cause

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