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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Dual-Track Agile |  Product Discovery Opportunity Interview |  UX Research Personas |  Agile Acceptance Criteria Workshop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When uncertainty and delivery run in parallel, it separates learning work from implementation while keeping both connected. It prevents unvalidated ideas from falling directly into the delivery stream. | 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 target groups stay too vague and teams talk about the same people differently, personas create a shared, solid picture of usage. Condensed profiles make needs, contexts, and differences tangible enough for decisions. | When a story needs clear checkpoints before implementation, it sharpens expectation and scope together. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Acceptance Criteria and a Story Update. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | Laufend, Wochen bis Monate | 30-60 min je Interview | 1-3 Tage | 20-40 min pro Story |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 5-12 Interviews | Internes Team | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Discovery Backlog, Delivery Backlog, Experiment-Ergebnisse, Validierte Stories | Interview Notes, Opportunity Themes, Customer Quotes | Persona Profiles, Needs Summary, Scenario Notes | Acceptance Criteria, Story Update |
Tagsno overlap | AgileDiscoveryDelivery | DiscoveryInterviewsOpportunityCustomer | ResearchCustomerSynthesis | AgileRequirementsRefinementBehavior-Driven Development |