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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Opportunity Interview |  Product Discovery Opportunity Solution Tree |  Architecture Architecture Decision Record |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 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. | An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable. | GIST Planning helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities. It links customer value, product logic, and decision priorities, and captures the result as goals, an idea bank, and a step-project list. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min je Interview | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 15-45 min | Wochen bis Monate je Goal |
Participantsdifferent | 5-12 Interviews | 2-6 | 1-3 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Interview Notes, Opportunity Themes, Customer Quotes | Opportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning Log | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports |
Tagsno overlap | DiscoveryInterviewsOpportunityCustomer | DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments |