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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
Paper illustration of a branching tree with an outcome at its root, customer opportunities, solution options and small experiment cards.
Product Discovery
Opportunity Solution Tree
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 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
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
15-45 min30-60 min je Interview1-2 h Setup, laufend
Participantsdifferent
1-105-12 Interviews2-6
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open QuestionsInterview Notes, Opportunity Themes, Customer QuotesOpportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning Log
Tagsno overlap
BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation
DiscoveryInterviewsOpportunityCustomer
DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity
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