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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Solution Interview |  Innovation Design Thinking |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  UX Research Usability Testing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a solution idea is already on the table, it checks how it is understood and evaluated. It looks for resonance, objections, and missing fit early in the conversation. | 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. | When a product is built but people get stuck on tasks, usability testing shows the friction at concrete points. Observed use instead of self-report makes visible where orientation, understanding, or interaction breaks down. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min je Interview | 1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen | Mehrere Wochen | 1-2 h je Session |
Participantsdifferent | 5-10 Interviews | 4-10 | 2-6 researchers plus sample | Based on research question |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Solution Feedback, Objection List, Validation Notes | Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Usability Issues, Severity List, Recommendations |
Tagsno overlap | ValidationInterviewsPrototype | InnovationPrototypeResearch | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | ValidationUXPrototype |