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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Product Discovery Solution Interview |  Innovation TRIZ |  Innovation Design Sprint |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 solution idea is already on the table, it checks how it is understood and evaluated. It looks for resonance, objections, and missing fit early in the conversation. | For technical contradictions or trade-offs, the method looks for solutions that resolve opposing requirements at the same time. It translates limits into an explicit picture of conflict that becomes workable. This produces not just compromises but more elegant principles. | When the product question is unclear and time pressure is high, the method takes a team from an open idea to a testable solution. It connects problem understanding, decision, and learning in one compact format, lowering the risk of spending a lot of energy on a mere guess. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | High | High |
Timedifferent | Mehrere Wochen | 30-60 min je Interview | 1-4 h | 4-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 5-10 Interviews | 2-8 | 5-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Solution Feedback, Objection List, Validation Notes | Contradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution Concepts | Prototype, Test Findings, Decision Rationale |
Tagsno overlap | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | ValidationInterviewsPrototype | InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity | Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation |