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| Criterion |  Operations PDCA Cycle |  Product Discovery Opportunity Solution Tree |  Innovation Design Thinking |  Product Discovery Experiment Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | For an improvement that still has to prove itself in everyday work, the method runs it through small learning loops. It connects planning, checking, and standardization into a repeatable learning mode. | When discovery keeps swinging between goals, ideas, and learning loops, it creates clear steering logic. It connects the desired outcome, opportunities, and experiments into a legible structure. | For complex user problems with an uncertain cause, the method connects observation, interpretation, and experiment into a learning cycle. It keeps the focus on real needs and avoids premature solution language. This produces robust decisions for product and service. | When experiments become unreadable after the fact, it arranges hypothesis, signal, and learning goal on a single canvas. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Completed Experiment Canvas and a Success Metric. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 1 h bis mehrere Wochen | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-8 | 2-6 | 4-10 | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | PDCA Log, Experiment Plan, Learning Outcome, Standard Change | Opportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning Log | Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings | Completed Experiment Canvas, Success Metric |
Tagsno overlap | Continuous improvementLeanExperiments | DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity | InnovationPrototypeResearch | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis |