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Criterion
Context Map workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Domain Modeling
Context Map
Paper illustration for Opportunity Interview
Product Discovery
Opportunity Interview
Paper illustration of a branching tree with an outcome at its root, customer opportunities, solution options and small experiment cards.
Product Discovery
Opportunity Solution Tree
Paper illustration of Counter Metrics with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
Counter Metrics
Purposedifferent
When several contexts need to talk to each other, it makes their relationships and dependencies legible. It helps sort integration pressure and responsibilities across system boundaries.When opportunities are still hidden behind signals of need, it structures conversations around needs and obstacles. It looks for patterns that lead to new product opportunities.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.When a headline metric could mask side effects, it adds guardrail signals against unwanted outcomes. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a counter-metric list and guardrail definitions.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h30-60 min je Interview1-2 h Setup, laufend30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
2-85-12 Interviews2-62-6
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Context Map, Integration Patterns, Boundary NotesInterview Notes, Opportunity Themes, Customer QuotesOpportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning LogCounter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions
Tagsno overlap
Domain-Driven DesignBoundariesStrategy
DiscoveryInterviewsOpportunityCustomer
DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity
MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments
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