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Criterion
Paper mind map with a central course onboarding question, colored main branches, keywords and cross-links.
Facilitation
Mind Mapping
Paper illustration for Opportunity Interview
Product Discovery
Opportunity Interview
Empathy Mapping
UX Research
Empathy Mapping
Purposedifferent
When a topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early.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.When a lot is assumed about a target group but little is seen jointly, empathy mapping makes knowledge and gaps directly comparable. The picture also shows which assumptions hold up and where evidence is missing.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
15-45 min30-60 min je Interview30–60 min
Participantsdifferent
1-105-12 Interviews4-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open QuestionsInterview Notes, Opportunity Themes, Customer QuotesEmpathy Map, Assumptions List, Research Gaps
Tagsno overlap
BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation
DiscoveryInterviewsOpportunityCustomer
SynthesisQualitativeWorkshop
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Paper illustration of Starbursting with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Starbursting
Paper illustration of two people facing each other, speech bubbles and an open interview notebook.
UX Research
User Interviews
Affinity Diagramming
UX Research
Affinity Diagramming
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming