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| Criterion |  Knowledge Modeling PARA Method |  Product Discovery Opportunity Interview |  UX Design Lean UX Canvas |  UX Design Customer Journey Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The PARA Method organizes knowledge into Projects, Areas, Resources, and Archives. It creates order when digital notes, files, and tasks no longer cleanly fit current work. | 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. | The Lean UX Canvas helps clarify user behavior, touchpoints, and concept decisions. It makes assumptions and desired outcomes visible and captures the result as a completed canvas, hypothesis list, and first experiment. | When a journey needs to be understood across several phases, it arranges experience, touchpoints, and opportunities into one picture. It makes gaps and friction along the user path clear. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h Setup, laufend | 30-60 min je Interview | 2-3 h | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 1 | 5-12 Interviews | 3-8 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge Archive | Interview Notes, Opportunity Themes, Customer Quotes | Completed Lean UX Canvas, Hypothesis list, First experiment | Customer Journey Canvas, Pain Points, Experience Opportunities |
Tagsno overlap | KnowledgeProductivityOrganization | DiscoveryInterviewsOpportunityCustomer | CanvasHypothesisOutcomesDiscovery | JourneyCustomerService designCanvas |