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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Pretotyping |  Innovation Rapid Ideation |  Innovation Design Sprint |  Innovation Lotus Blossom |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Pretotyping clarifies whether a customer problem and solution idea create enough real demand. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence, and captures the result as a pretotyping sketch, test setup, and conversion data. | When a decision needs to be prepared quickly, the method generates many solution-close variants in a short time. It deliberately relies on pace to undercut self-censorship and perfectionism. This quickly produces a usable field for prioritization and further work. | 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. | When a central question feels too large, the method breaks it into neighboring topic fields with their own depth of ideation. It holds structure and openness at the same time, so adjacent perspectives don't get lost. This grows an idea space out of a core problem. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | High | Low |
Timedifferent | Stunden bis wenige Tage | 5-20 min | 4-5 Tage | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-4 | 1-20 | 5-8 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Pretotyping sketch, Test setup, Conversion data, Go or no-go decision | Ideenpool, Roh-Shortlist, Cluster | Prototype, Test Findings, Decision Rationale | Lotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | ValidationDemandMVP | BrainstormingIdeationDivergenceSpeed | Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop |