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| Criterion |  Operations RACI Matrix |  Innovation Design Thinking |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | With unclear responsibilities across several roles or areas, the method creates unambiguous accountability logic. It reduces friction because decision, execution, contribution, and information become separately visible. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | High |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen | Mehrere Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 4-10 | 2-6 researchers plus sample |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | RACI Matrix, Responsibility Map, Decision Notes | Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses |
Tagsno overlap | RolesResponsibilityGovernanceOperations | InnovationPrototypeResearch | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative |
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