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Paper illustration for Opportunity Interview
Product Discovery
Opportunity Interview
Paper mind map with a central course onboarding question, colored main branches, keywords and cross-links.
Facilitation
Mind Mapping
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
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.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 a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
30-60 min je Interview15-45 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
5-12 Interviews1-105-30
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Interview Notes, Opportunity Themes, Customer QuotesMind Map, Topic Clusters, Open QuestionsConsensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas
Tagsno overlap
DiscoveryInterviewsOpportunityCustomer
BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation
FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment
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Paper illustration for Problem Framing Workshop.
Facilitation
Problem Framing Workshop
Paper illustration of Starbursting with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Starbursting
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Facilitation
3-Circle Venn Diagram
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping