View methods side by side.
Choose up to four methods. Add them using the search and share the comparison by copying its link.
| Criterion |  Product Discovery User Story Mapping |  UX Design Lean UX Canvas |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |  Product Discovery Opportunity Solution Tree |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When user goals and delivery scope could drift apart, it orders the journey from goal to slice. It makes visible where an MVP can genuinely be cut. | 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. | GIST Planning helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities. It links customer value, product logic, and decision priorities, and captures the result as goals, an idea bank, and a step-project list. | 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 | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 2-3 h | Wochen bis Monate je Goal | 1-2 h Setup, laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 3-8 | 3-10 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Story Map, Release Slices, Backlog Candidates | Completed Lean UX Canvas, Hypothesis list, First experiment | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports | Opportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning Log |
Tagsno overlap | BacklogJourneyPlanningMVP | CanvasHypothesisOutcomesDiscovery | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments | DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity |