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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Product Strategy SMART Goals |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Product Strategy KPI Tree |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 goals are formulated too generally, it brings measurability, direction, and timing into shape. It prevents intentions from staying without clear verification. | When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. | When metrics across the organization drift apart, it arranges drivers and effects under one shared logic. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a KPI tree and owner list. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | Mehrere Wochen | 15-30 min | 1-2 h | 90-180 min initial, dann laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 1-8 | 4-12 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | SMART Goal, Measurement Note, Deadline | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | KPI Tree, Owner List |
Tagsno overlap | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | GoalsPlanningMeasurementAlignment | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | MetricsStrategyAlignmentMeasurement |