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Product Discovery
Opportunity Interview
Paper illustration of two user profile cards with a goal, behavior evidence, and an open research question.
UX Research
Personas
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 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 target groups stay too vague and teams talk about the same people differently, personas create a shared, solid picture of usage. Condensed profiles make needs, contexts, and differences tangible enough for decisions.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.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
30-60 min je Interview1-3 Tage1-2 h Setup, laufend
Participantsdifferent
5-12 InterviewsInternes Team2-6
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Interview Notes, Opportunity Themes, Customer QuotesPersona Profiles, Needs Summary, Scenario NotesOpportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning Log
Tagsno overlap
DiscoveryInterviewsOpportunityCustomer
ResearchCustomerSynthesis
DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity
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