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A paper-based illustration representing Product Canvas with its core stages and visible working result.
Product Strategy
Product Canvas
Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping
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
Purposedifferent
When product goal and feature scope don't yet fit cleanly together, it creates a shared working picture. It connects need, core features, and assumptions into a solid starting point.When a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures.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.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 h45-90 min1-2 h Setup, laufend
Participantsdifferent
2-83-82-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Product Canvas, Product Assumptions, Scope NotesImpact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsOpportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning Log
Tagsno overlap
CanvasDiscoveryScope
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity
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Paper illustration of GIST Planning with its method-specific working model.
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Paper illustration of Lean UX Canvas with its method-specific working model.
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Paper illustration of Counter Metrics with its method-specific working model.
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Paper illustration of Experiment Canvas with a method-specific labelled workspace.
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