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Criterion
How Might We
Innovation
How Might We
Paper illustration for Problem Interview
Product Discovery
Problem Interview
Paper illustration of two people facing each other, speech bubbles and an open interview notebook.
UX Research
User Interviews
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 the picture of the problem still needs to become solid, it asks about real situations and consequences. It separates genuine suffering from mere interest in a solution.When teams derive needs only from assumptions and real motives are missing, user interviews give direct access to behavior and meaning. Conversations from the target group's everyday life make patterns, tensions, and open questions solidly visible.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
LowMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
30–45 min30-60 min je Interview30–60 min per interview30-60 min je Interview
Participantsdifferent
1-105-12 Interviews1 participant per interview5-12 Interviews
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
HMW Questions, Challenge Framing, Idea PromptsProblem Evidence, Risk Notes, Customer SegmentsInterview Notes, Themes, Insight SummaryInterview Notes, Opportunity Themes, Customer Quotes
Tagsno overlap
FramingOpportunityIdeationQuestions
DiscoveryInterviewsValidation
QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery
DiscoveryInterviewsOpportunityCustomer
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