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| Criterion |  Operations Process Mapping |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Innovation Contradiction Analysis |  Operations After-Action Review |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | With a confusing workflow that has many handoffs, the method makes the actual process visible. It shows where work is passed on, delayed, or duplicated, so improvement targets the right spots. | 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 system should improve while another measure suffers as a result, the method makes the underlying conflict precisely formulable. It separates the desired effect from its side effect. This makes solutions possible that address the contradiction deliberately instead of half-heartedly. | After missions or project phases with unclear outcomes, the method makes visible what actually happened and what can be learned from it. It separates course, effect, and causes so experience turns into solid improvement. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | Mehrere Wochen | 60-120 min | 20-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 2-8 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Process Map, Handoff List, Improvement Backlog | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Contradiction Statement, Abstraction Notes, Solution Principles, Concept Ideas | Lessons learned, Action items, Event summary |
Tagsno overlap | ProcessOperationsImprovement | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | ContradictionsInnovationProblem solving | LearningOperationsImprovement |