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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Opportunity Interview |  Decision Making Trade-off Analysis |
|---|---|---|
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. | With limited resources, quality, speed, cost, and risk almost always compete with each other. Trade-off Analysis makes these tensions explicit and prevents decisions from producing hidden side effects. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min je Interview | 45-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-12 Interviews | 2-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Interview Notes, Opportunity Themes, Customer Quotes | Trade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted Downsides |
Tagsno overlap | DiscoveryInterviewsOpportunityCustomer | TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions |
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