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Criterion
Paper illustration for Solution Interview
Product Discovery
Solution Interview
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
Paper illustration for Problem Interview
Product Discovery
Problem Interview
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Purposedifferent
When a solution idea is already on the table, it checks how it is understood and evaluated. It looks for resonance, objections, and missing fit early in the conversation.In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures.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 an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
30-60 min je Interview20–45 min30-60 min je Interview30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
5-10 InterviewsSmall cross-functional group5-12 Interviews2-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Solution Feedback, Objection List, Validation NotesRisk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption logProblem Evidence, Risk Notes, Customer SegmentsConstraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries
Tagsno overlap
ValidationInterviewsPrototype
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
DiscoveryInterviewsValidation
ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions
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