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Criterion
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Product Discovery
Problem Interview
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Innovation
Design Sprint
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Decision Making
Trade-off Analysis
Purposedifferent
When the picture of the problem still needs to become solid, it asks about real situations and consequences. It separates genuine suffering from mere interest in a solution.When the product question is unclear and time pressure is high, the method takes a team from an open idea to a testable solution. It connects problem understanding, decision, and learning in one compact format, lowering the risk of spending a lot of energy on a mere guess.With limited resources, quality, speed, cost, and risk almost always compete with each other. Trade-off Analysis makes these tensions explicit and prevents decisions from producing hidden side effects.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighMedium
Timedifferent
30-60 min je Interview4-5 Tage45-120 min
Participantsdifferent
5-12 Interviews5-82-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Problem Evidence, Risk Notes, Customer SegmentsPrototype, Test Findings, Decision RationaleTrade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted Downsides
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DiscoveryInterviewsValidation
Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation
TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions
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Decision Making
Decision Matrix
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Product Discovery
MVP Test Matrix
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Product Discovery
Solution Interview
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Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing