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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Jobs to Be Done |  Product Discovery Product Kata |  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. | Product Kata helps clarify customer problems, solution ideas, and evidence through a repeatable improvement routine. It captures direction, current metric, target metric, experiment notes, and learning. | 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 | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 Wochen | 1-2 Wochen je Loop | 1-2 h Setup, laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 5-12 Interviews | 3-10 | 2-6 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Job Stories, Outcome Statements, Opportunity List | Direction, Current metric, Target metric, Experiment note, Learning report | Opportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning Log |
Tags1 shared | CustomerOutcomesNeeds | OutcomesDiscoveryLearningIterationCoaching | DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity |
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