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| Criterion |  Innovation How Might We |  UX Design Lean UX Canvas |  Product Discovery Context Canvas |  Product Discovery Opportunity Solution Tree |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | The Lean UX Canvas helps clarify user behavior, touchpoints, and concept decisions. It makes assumptions and desired outcomes visible and captures the result as a completed canvas, hypothesis list, and first experiment. | When an environment of users, systems, and constraints is hard to grasp, it puts the context compactly on the table. It creates a clear reading of influence, boundary, and dependency. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30–45 min | 2-3 h | 45-90 min | 1-2 h Setup, laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 1-10 | 3-8 | 3-10 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | HMW Questions, Challenge Framing, Idea Prompts | Completed Lean UX Canvas, Hypothesis list, First experiment | Context canvas, Open questions, Shared context notes | Opportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning Log |
Tagsno overlap | FramingOpportunityIdeationQuestions | CanvasHypothesisOutcomesDiscovery | ContextFramingRequirementsCanvas | DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity |