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Criterion
Affinity Diagramming
UX Research
Affinity Diagramming
Paper illustration of a JTBD interview notebook with a decision timeline, forces of change and a concise job hypothesis.
Product Discovery
Jobs to Be Done
Paper illustration of a Test Card with four fields for hypothesis, test, metric, and success threshold.
Product Discovery
Test Card
Paper illustration of Lean UX Canvas with its method-specific working model.
UX Design
Lean UX Canvas
Purposedifferent
When research notes, feedback, or observations sit unconnected side by side, affinity diagramming sorts the raw material into solid themes. Many individual points turn into patterns that make decisions and opportunities clearer.When switching motives and progress are unclear, it reconstructs the situation from real customer circumstances. It shows why a switch happens and what kind of progress is being sought.The Test Card turns a critical assumption into a testable claim and specifies in advance which result counts as success.The Lean UX Canvas helps clarify user behavior, touchpoints, and concept decisions. It makes assumptions and desired outcomes visible and captures the result as a completed canvas, hypothesis list, and first experiment.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
45–90 min1-3 Wochen20-35 min2-3 h
Participantsdifferent
3-105-12 Interviews1-53-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Theme clusters, Insight statements, Opportunity areasJob Stories, Outcome Statements, Opportunity ListTest Card with a pre-set thresholdCompleted Lean UX Canvas, Hypothesis list, First experiment
Tagsno overlap
SynthesisQualitativeRoot cause
CustomerOutcomesNeeds
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis
CanvasHypothesisOutcomesDiscovery
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