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Criterion
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
Paper illustration of several people silently writing ideas and passing sheets around with arrows.
Innovation
Brainwriting
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.When loud voices or hierarchy distort the idea search, the method creates a quiet entry into joint development. It gives everyone thinking space and gathers contributions without social brakes, making diversity more visible and easier to build on.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLow
Timedifferent
1-2 h Setup, laufend15-30 min
Participantsdifferent
2-63-12
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Opportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning LogIdea sheets, Expanded concepts, Prioritized list
Tagsno overlap
DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity
BrainstormingCollaborationInclusionIdeas
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Innovation
Design Charrette
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Product Discovery
Experiment Canvas
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Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
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Product Strategy
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