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| Criterion |  Innovation How Might We |  Product Strategy Impact Mapping |  Product Discovery Opportunity Solution Tree |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | With a stuck problem carrying many implicit assumptions, the method translates observations into open, workable questions. It sharpens the problem frame without pre-thinking the solution, turning frustration or fuzziness into a search space with clear direction. | When a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures. | 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 | Low | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30–45 min | 45-90 min | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-10 | 3-8 | 2-6 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | HMW Questions, Challenge Framing, Idea Prompts | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options | Opportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning Log | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions |
Tagsno overlap | FramingOpportunityIdeationQuestions | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning | DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments |