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Criterion
How Might We
Innovation
How Might We
Paper illustration of two user profile cards with a goal, behavior evidence, and an open research question.
UX Research
Personas
Paper illustration for Opportunity Interview
Product Discovery
Opportunity Interview
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 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 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
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
30–45 min1-3 Tage30-60 min je Interview
Participantsdifferent
1-10Internes Team5-12 Interviews
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
HMW Questions, Challenge Framing, Idea PromptsPersona Profiles, Needs Summary, Scenario NotesInterview Notes, Opportunity Themes, Customer Quotes
Tagsno overlap
FramingOpportunityIdeationQuestions
ResearchCustomerSynthesis
DiscoveryInterviewsOpportunityCustomer
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Paper illustration of two people facing each other, speech bubbles and an open interview notebook.
UX Research
User Interviews
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
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Product Discovery
Problem Interview
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Innovation
Starbursting