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Selected:Outcome-Driven Innovation Root Cause Tree Analysis Fishbone Diagram Failure Mode and Effects Analysis

Criterion	Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation	Operations Root Cause Tree Analysis	Operations Fishbone Diagram	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.	For a problem with several suspected causes, the method builds a causal structure instead of a mere list. It makes visible how causes connect and where the strongest points of leverage lie.	When a problem has several possible contributing factors, the method sorts causes by cause areas. It prevents an initial hunch from blocking the view of other plausible drivers.	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	Low	High
Timedifferent	Mehrere Wochen	1-3 h	30-60 min	2-6 h
Participantsdifferent	2-6 researchers plus sample	2-8	2-8	3-10
Formatdifferent	Workshop + async	Workshop	Workshop	Workshop
Outputdifferent	Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses	Cause Tree, Evidence Notes, Countermeasures	Fishbone Diagram, Cause Categories, Investigation Backlog	FMEA Table, Risk Priority, Mitigation Actions
Tagsno overlap	OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative	Root causeTreeIncidentQuality	Root causeQualityOperations	RiskQualityOperationsRoot cause

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