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| Criterion |  Facilitation Barcamp |  Product Discovery MVP Test Matrix |  Product Discovery Product Kata |  Product Discovery Opportunity Solution Tree |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When many people can contribute knowledge and the flow should stay open, Barcamp provides a framework for self-organized sessions. The format channels energy without defining the content too narrowly in advance. | When several minimal variants compete to answer the same question, it makes comparing and choosing between them cleaner. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Test Matrix and a Test Plan. | Product Kata helps clarify customer problems, solution ideas, and evidence through a repeatable improvement routine. It captures direction, current metric, target metric, experiment notes, and learning. | When discovery keeps swinging between goals, ideas, and learning loops, it creates clear steering logic. It connects the desired outcome, opportunities, and experiments into a legible structure. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | Halber Tag bis 2 Tage | 45-75 min | 1-2 Wochen je Loop | 1-2 h Setup, laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 15-200 | 2-8 | 3-10 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Session Board, Session Notes, Community Learnings | Test Matrix, Test Plan | Direction, Current metric, Target metric, Experiment note, Learning report | Opportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning Log |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationLarge groupLearning | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryOptions | OutcomesDiscoveryLearningIterationCoaching | DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity |