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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Jobs to Be Done |  UX Research Personas |  UX Research User Interviews |  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. | When target groups stay too vague and teams talk about the same people differently, personas create a shared, solid picture of usage. Condensed profiles make needs, contexts, and differences tangible enough for decisions. | 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 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 Tage | 30–60 min per interview | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-12 Interviews | Internes Team | 1 participant per interview | 3-6 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Job Stories, Outcome Statements, Opportunity List | Persona Profiles, Needs Summary, Scenario Notes | Interview Notes, Themes, Insight Summary | Opportunity Score Table, Top Outcomes |
Tagsno overlap | CustomerOutcomesNeeds | ResearchCustomerSynthesis | QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery | PrioritizationDiscoveryOutcomesNeeds |