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| Criterion |  UX Research Surveys |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Facilitation Power Interest Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. | 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 many stakeholders compete for attention at once, the Power Interest Grid sorts them by influence and stake. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Power Interest Grid and a stakeholder-specific strategy. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 3-14 Tage | 1-2 h | Mehrere Wochen | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 50+ | 4-12 | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Survey Results, Charts, Segment Insights | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Power Interest Grid, Strategy per Stakeholder |
Tagsno overlap | QuantitativeResearchValidation | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning |