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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Solution Interview |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Delivery Cost of Delay |  Innovation Design Sprint |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | 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. | 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 | Medium | High | High | High |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min je Interview | Mehrere Wochen | 90-180 min | 4-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 5-10 Interviews | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 3-8 | 5-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Solution Feedback, Objection List, Validation Notes | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence | Prototype, Test Findings, Decision Rationale |
Tagsno overlap | ValidationInterviewsPrototype | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision | Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation |