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| Criterion |  Innovation Lean Startup |  Product Discovery Opportunity Solution Tree |  Product Discovery Experiment Canvas |  UX Design Lean UX Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | For uncertain business assumptions, the method forces the idea into contact with real market reactions early. It separates wishful picture, assumption, and observable behavior, so that learning becomes faster than planning. This translates uncertainty into measurable insight. | 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 experiments become unreadable after the fact, it arranges hypothesis, signal, and learning goal on a single canvas. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Completed Experiment Canvas and a Success Metric. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | Wochen bis Monate je Lernzyklus | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 30-60 min | 2-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-6 | 1-5 | 3-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Hypothesis list, MVPs, Learning reports, Pivot or persevere decision | Opportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning Log | Completed Experiment Canvas, Success Metric | Completed Lean UX Canvas, Hypothesis list, First experiment |
Tagsno overlap | LeanStartupValidationMVP | DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis | CanvasHypothesisOutcomesDiscovery |