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Paper illustration of Outcome-Driven Innovation with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Outcome-Driven Innovation
Paper illustration of Starbursting with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Starbursting
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
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.Helps clarify ideas, open questions, and testable next steps in concrete terms. It opens the thinking space, collects ideas, and leads to testable options. The result is captured as a star-shaped question map, question list, and assumption list.In a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space.
Complexitydifferent
HighLowMedium
Timedifferent
Mehrere Wochen30-60 minHalber Tag bis mehrere Tage
Participantsdifferent
2-6 researchers plus sample3-1010-50
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypothesesStar-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption ListSketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction
Tagsno overlap
OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative
BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery
BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation
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Innovation
Brainstorming
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Innovation
Lotus Blossom
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Innovation
Brainwriting