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| Criterion |  Agile ROAM Board |  Innovation Design Thinking |  Product Strategy OKRs |  Innovation Design Sprint |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When work needs to move between different states or columns, it makes that movement and its handoffs legible. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a ROAM Board and an Owner List. | 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 strategic direction needs to become measurable, it connects ambition with checkable results. It makes goals connectable to focus and review. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 20-40 min initial, dann laufend | 1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 1-2 h Setup | 4-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 3-15 | 4-10 | 2-20 | 5-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | ROAM Board, Owner List | Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings | OKR set, Measurement plan, Review cadence | Prototype, Test Findings, Decision Rationale |
Tagsno overlap | RiskAgileTrackingAlignment | InnovationPrototypeResearch | GoalsAlignmentOutcomesMeasurement | Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation |