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Criterion
A paper-based illustration representing WSJF with its core stages and visible working result.
Agile
WSJF
Design Thinking as a learning loop: an observation notebook, a focused problem statement, different idea sketches, a cardboard prototype and user-test notes. Feedback leads to new understanding.
Innovation
Design Thinking
A paper-based illustration representing Design Sprint with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Design Sprint
Purposedifferent
When many tasks compete for the same capacity, it orders work by economic impact. It makes time lost, benefit, and effort comparable together.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.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.
Complexitysame
HighHighHigh
Timedifferent
45-90 min1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen4-5 Tage
Participantsdifferent
3-104-105-8
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Ranked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay AssumptionsProblem Statement, Prototype, Test LearningsPrototype, Test Findings, Decision Rationale
Tagsno overlap
LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization
InnovationPrototypeResearch
Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation
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Delivery
Cost of Delay
Paper illustration of Lean Startup with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Lean Startup
Paper illustration of Outcome-Driven Innovation with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Outcome-Driven Innovation
Paper illustration for Solution Interview
Product Discovery
Solution Interview