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Product Discovery
Opportunity Interview
Paper illustration of two people facing each other, speech bubbles and an open interview notebook.
UX Research
User Interviews
Paper illustration of an eight-panel idea sheet with varied sketches beside a timer set to eight minutes.
Innovation
Crazy 8s
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 teams derive needs only from assumptions and real motives are missing, user interviews give direct access to behavior and meaning. Conversations from the target group's everyday life make patterns, tensions, and open questions solidly visible.With only a few minutes available and a still-fuzzy solution search, the method forces a wide range of variants. It produces fast sketches before the first idea can settle in, making different directions directly comparable and open to further development.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
30-60 min je Interview30–60 min per interview8-15 min
Participantsdifferent
5-12 Interviews1 participant per interview1-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Interview Notes, Opportunity Themes, Customer QuotesInterview Notes, Themes, Insight SummarySketch Set, Idea Shortlist, Direction Options
Tagsno overlap
DiscoveryInterviewsOpportunityCustomer
QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery
BrainstormingSketchingSpeedDivergenceDesign sprint
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Innovation
Rapid Ideation
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Innovation
Brainstorming
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Innovation
Lotus Blossom
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