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| Criterion |  Knowledge Modeling PARA Method |  Product Discovery Opportunity Solution Tree |  Product Discovery Hypothesis Prioritization Canvas |  UX Design Lean UX 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 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 many hypotheses compete for attention, it brings order to their learning sequence and importance. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a prioritization canvas and a hypothesis backlog. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h Setup, laufend | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 60-90 min | 2-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 1 | 2-6 | 3-8 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge Archive | Opportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning Log | Prioritization Canvas, Hypothesis Backlog | Completed Lean UX Canvas, Hypothesis list, First experiment |
Tagsno overlap | KnowledgeProductivityOrganization | DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity | ExperimentsPrioritizationDiscoveryHypothesis | CanvasHypothesisOutcomesDiscovery |