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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Concierge MVP |  UX Research Affinity Diagramming |  UX Research User Interviews |  Product Discovery Experiment Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When an idea can first fail or grow through genuine hands-on support, it relies on manual work instead of automation. It shows whether user value holds up even under manual execution. | 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 teams derive needs only from assumptions and real motives are missing, user interviews give direct access to behavior and meaning. Conversations from the target group's everyday life make patterns, tensions, and open questions solidly visible. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 45–90 min | 30–60 min per interview | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 Kunden | 3-10 | 1 participant per interview | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Concierge Learnings, Service Blueprint, MVP Risks | Theme clusters, Insight statements, Opportunity areas | Interview Notes, Themes, Insight Summary | Completed Experiment Canvas, Success Metric |
Tagsno overlap | MVPValidationServiceDiscovery | SynthesisQualitativeRoot cause | QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis |