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Paper illustration for Opportunity Interview
Product Discovery
Opportunity Interview
Design Thinking as a learning loop: an observation notebook, a focused problem statement, different idea sketches, a cardboard prototype and user-test notes. Feedback leads to new understanding.
Innovation
Design Thinking
Paper illustration of a JTBD interview notebook with a decision timeline, forces of change and a concise job hypothesis.
Product Discovery
Jobs to Be Done
Purposedifferent
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.For complex user problems with an uncertain cause, the method connects observation, interpretation, and experiment into a learning cycle. It keeps the focus on real needs and avoids premature solution language. This produces robust decisions for product and service.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighMedium
Timedifferent
30-60 min je Interview1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen1-3 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
5-12 Interviews4-105-12 Interviews
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Interview Notes, Opportunity Themes, Customer QuotesProblem Statement, Prototype, Test LearningsJob Stories, Outcome Statements, Opportunity List
Tagsno overlap
DiscoveryInterviewsOpportunityCustomer
InnovationPrototypeResearch
CustomerOutcomesNeeds
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Paper illustration of Opportunity Scoring with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Opportunity Scoring
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
Paper illustration of Outcome-Driven Innovation with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Outcome-Driven Innovation
Paper illustration of two people facing each other, speech bubbles and an open interview notebook.
UX Research
User Interviews