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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Opportunity Interview |  UX Research User Interviews |  Facilitation Mind Mapping |  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 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. | When a topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min je Interview | 30–60 min per interview | 15-45 min | 1-2 h Setup, laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 5-12 Interviews | 1 participant per interview | 1-10 | 2-6 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Interview Notes, Opportunity Themes, Customer Quotes | Interview Notes, Themes, Insight Summary | Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions | Opportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning Log |
Tagsno overlap | DiscoveryInterviewsOpportunityCustomer | QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery | BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation | DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity |