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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
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Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
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.When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.When demand is still unclear, it measures interest in a feature before it is built. It separates real behavior from polite agreement and deliberately keeps build effort small.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
30-60 min je Interview1-2 h Setup, laufend1-3 h1-5 Tage
Participantsdifferent
5-12 Interviews2-61-8Nutzertraffic
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Interview Notes, Opportunity Themes, Customer QuotesOpportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning LogArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision RationaleClick Data, Interest Signal, Learning Decision
Tagsno overlap
DiscoveryInterviewsOpportunityCustomer
DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity
SensemakingDecisionRationale
ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery
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