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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
Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
Paper illustration of a Learning Card with four fields for hypothesis, observation, insight, and action.
Product Discovery
Learning Card
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.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.The Learning Card connects traceable test results to a reasoned next action while keeping the limits of the insight visible.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 Wochen1-2 h Setup, laufend1-5 Tage25-40 min
Participantsdifferent
5-12 Interviews2-6Nutzertraffic1-5
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Job Stories, Outcome Statements, Opportunity ListOpportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning LogClick Data, Interest Signal, Learning DecisionLearning Card with evidence and next action
Tagsno overlap
CustomerOutcomesNeeds
DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity
ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning
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