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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Jobs to Be Done |  Facilitation Lean Coffee |  Product Discovery Opportunity Solution Tree |  Product Discovery Fake Door Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When a group without a fixed agenda needs to get into useful conversations quickly, Lean Coffee structures the start around interests rather than a presentation. The group itself negotiates which topics get time first and which wait. | 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 demand is still unclear, it measures interest in a feature before it is built. It separates real behavior from polite agreement and deliberately keeps build effort small. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 Wochen | 30-90 min | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 1-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 5-12 Interviews | 3-20 | 2-6 | Nutzertraffic |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Job Stories, Outcome Statements, Opportunity List | Prioritized Topics, Discussion Notes, Action Items | Opportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning Log | Click Data, Interest Signal, Learning Decision |
Tagsno overlap | CustomerOutcomesNeeds | FacilitationAutonomyDialogue | DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity | ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery |