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| Criterion | ![]() Facilitation Lean Coffee | ![]() Product Discovery Opportunity Interview | ![]() UX Design Lean UX Canvas | ![]() Product Discovery Opportunity Solution Tree |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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 opportunities are still hidden behind signals of need, it structures conversations around needs and obstacles. It looks for patterns that lead to new product opportunities. | The Lean UX Canvas helps clarify user behavior, touchpoints, and concept decisions. It makes assumptions and desired outcomes visible and captures the result as a completed canvas, hypothesis list, and first experiment. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 30-60 min je Interview | 2-3 h | 1-2 h Setup, laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 3-20 | 5-12 Interviews | 3-8 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized Topics, Discussion Notes, Action Items | Interview Notes, Opportunity Themes, Customer Quotes | Completed Lean UX Canvas, Hypothesis list, First experiment | Opportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning Log |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationAutonomyDialogue | DiscoveryInterviewsOpportunityCustomer | CanvasHypothesisOutcomesDiscovery | DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity |



