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| Criterion |  Decision Making Risk Matrix |  Product Discovery Opportunity Scoring |  Innovation Design Thinking |  Delivery Cost of Delay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a project faces many possible disruptions, it quickly becomes unclear which risks deserve attention first. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Risk Matrix and a Top Risk List. | When opportunities need ranking by their effect, it makes importance and satisfaction directly comparable. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as an opportunity-score table and top outcomes. | 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. | Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | High | High |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 60-120 min | 1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 3-6 | 4-10 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Risk Matrix, Top Risk List | Opportunity Score Table, Top Outcomes | Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence |
Tagsno overlap | RiskDecisionPrioritizationAssessment | PrioritizationDiscoveryOutcomesNeeds | InnovationPrototypeResearch | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision |