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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
Paper illustration for Opportunity Interview
Product Discovery
Opportunity Interview
Purposedifferent
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 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.
Complexitydifferent
HighMedium
Timedifferent
1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen30-60 min je Interview
Participantsdifferent
4-105-12 Interviews
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Problem Statement, Prototype, Test LearningsInterview Notes, Opportunity Themes, Customer Quotes
Tagsno overlap
InnovationPrototypeResearch
DiscoveryInterviewsOpportunityCustomer
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Paper illustration of two people facing each other, speech bubbles and an open interview notebook.
UX Research
User Interviews
A paper-based illustration representing Design Sprint with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Design Sprint
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 Outcome-Driven Innovation with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Outcome-Driven Innovation