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| Criterion |  UX Research Surveys |  Innovation Design Sprint |  Product Discovery Experiment Canvas |  Innovation Design Thinking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 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. | When experiments become unreadable after the fact, it arranges hypothesis, signal, and learning goal on a single canvas. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Completed Experiment Canvas and a Success Metric. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 3-14 Tage | 4-5 Tage | 30-60 min | 1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 50+ | 5-8 | 1-5 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Survey Results, Charts, Segment Insights | Prototype, Test Findings, Decision Rationale | Completed Experiment Canvas, Success Metric | Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings |
Tagsno overlap | QuantitativeResearchValidation | Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis | InnovationPrototypeResearch |