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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Systems Thinking System Dynamics Simulation |  Innovation Design Sprint |  Systems Thinking Behavior Over Time Graph |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | System Dynamics Simulation makes assumptions about time, delay, and feedback testable through experiments. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a simulation model and scenario reports. | 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. | A Behavior Over Time Graph shows how a metric or observation develops over time. The method makes trends, breaks, and recurring patterns visible that get lost in snapshots. |
Complexitydifferent | High | High | High | Low |
Timedifferent | Mehrere Wochen | Mehrere Tage bis Wochen | 4-5 Tage | 20-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 1-5 Modellierende, Stakeholder asynchron | 5-8 | 1-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Simulation Model, Scenario Reports | Prototype, Test Findings, Decision Rationale | Behavior Over Time Graph, Trend Hypotheses, Key Events |
Tagsno overlap | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | Systems thinkingDynamicsSimulationAnalysis | Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation | Systems thinkingPatternsDynamics |