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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Opportunity Solution Tree |  Domain Modeling Context Map |  Knowledge Modeling Event Modeling |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 several contexts need to talk to each other, it makes their relationships and dependencies legible. It helps sort integration pressure and responsibilities across system boundaries. | Event Modeling connects business workflows with commands, events, and views into one coherent mental model. It helps design behavior, UI, and technical slices from the same underlying logic. | When a headline metric could mask side effects, it adds guardrail signals against unwanted outcomes. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a counter-metric list and guardrail definitions. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 1-3 h | 2-6 h | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 2-8 | 2-8 | 2-6 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Opportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning Log | Context Map, Integration Patterns, Boundary Notes | Event Model, UI Flow, Commands, Read Models | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions |
Tagsno overlap | DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity | Domain-Driven DesignBoundariesStrategy | EventsBlueprintDomain-Driven DesignBehavior | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments |