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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Jobs to Be Done |  Knowledge Modeling IBIS |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Product Discovery Opportunity Scoring |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When switching motives and progress are unclear, it reconstructs the situation from real customer circumstances. It shows why a switch happens and what kind of progress is being sought. | IBIS structures thinking about complex questions as a sequence of issues, ideas, and arguments. The method keeps discussions open without forcing them into premature consensus. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. | When opportunities need ranking by their effect, it makes importance and satisfaction directly comparable. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as an opportunity-score table and top outcomes. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 Wochen | 1-3 h | 45-90 min | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-12 Interviews | 2-8 | 2-8 | 3-6 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Job Stories, Outcome Statements, Opportunity List | Issue Map, Positions, Argument Notes | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Opportunity Score Table, Top Outcomes |
Tagsno overlap | CustomerOutcomesNeeds | RationaleKnowledgeDecision | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | PrioritizationDiscoveryOutcomesNeeds |