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Criterion
Paper illustration of a JTBD interview notebook with a decision timeline, forces of change and a concise job hypothesis.
Product Discovery
Jobs to Be Done
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
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 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.
Complexitysame
MediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 Wochen1-2 h Setup, laufend
Participantsdifferent
5-12 Interviews2-6
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Job Stories, Outcome Statements, Opportunity ListOpportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning Log
Tags1 shared
CustomerOutcomesNeeds
DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity
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Product Discovery
Opportunity Interview
Paper illustration of Opportunity Scoring with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Opportunity Scoring
Paper illustration of Experiment Canvas with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
Experiment Canvas
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Product Discovery
Fake Door Test