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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking Soft Systems Methodology |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  UX Research Surveys |  Systems Thinking Rich Picture |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Soft Systems Methodology helps explore unclear or politically charged problems systematically. Instead of forcing a quick answer, the method builds a shared understanding of perspectives and room for action. | 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 topic needs to be validated broadly and many people can answer the same question, surveys gather structured feedback in a scalable form. Answers become comparable and segmentable instead of remaining merely anecdotal. | A Rich Picture brings an unclear situation onto a shared drawing. It captures actors, tensions, information flows, and blind spots before the team jumps to solutions too early. |
Complexitydifferent | High | High | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 0.5-3 Tage | Mehrere Wochen | 3-14 Tage | 30-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-15 | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 50+ | 2-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Rich Picture, Root Definitions, Conceptual Models, Change Agenda | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Survey Results, Charts, Segment Insights | Rich Picture, Problem Framing Notes |
Tagsno overlap | Soft systemsComplexitySensemakingSystems thinking | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | QuantitativeResearchValidation | Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization |