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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Opportunity Solution Tree |  Operations 8D Problem Solving |  Product Discovery Experiment Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | For an acute quality or delivery problem, the method structures immediate protection and root cause work together. It keeps the situation stable while the actual cause is investigated cleanly. | When experiments become unreadable after the fact, it arranges hypothesis, signal, and learning goal on a single canvas. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Completed Experiment Canvas and a Success Metric. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 1-6 Wochen | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 4-10 | 1-5 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Opportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning Log | 8D Report, Containment Plan, Root Cause Evidence, Corrective Action Plan | Completed Experiment Canvas, Success Metric |
Tagsno overlap | DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity | QualityProblem solvingRoot cause | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis |
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