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Product Discovery

Jobs to Be Done

Turns customer problems, solution ideas, and evidence into a tangible result by recruiting customers, asking for the switching story, and deriving opportunities.

Core question: What concrete job were switchers trying to get done, and which four forces led them to the current product?

Analysis methodMediumWorkshop + async
1-3 Wochen
5-12 Interviews

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Product Discovery

Opportunity Solution Tree

Turns customer problems, solution ideas, and evidence into a tangible result by setting outcomes, collecting opportunities, and updating learning status.

Core question: Which opportunity should the team address next with which solution, and which experiment provides the next learning signal?

Mapping toolMediumWorkshop + async
1-2 h Setup, laufend
2-6

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Product Strategy

OKRs

Turns customer value, goals, and priorities into a tangible result through defining objectives, setting key results, and running review and adjustment.

Core question: Which three to five measurable outcomes will the team deliver next quarter, and how can success be recognized objectively?

Planning toolMediumWorkshop + async
1-2 h Setup
2-20

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Product Strategy

Impact Mapping

Turns target group, value, goals, and priorities into a tangible result by setting the goal, identifying actors, and choosing the smallest meaningful next steps.

Core question: Which actors must change behavior for the business goal to be reached, and which actions support that?

Mapping toolMediumWorkshop
45-90 min
3-8

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Decision Making

Impact Filter

Turns options, criteria, and risks into a tangible result by naming an initiative, defining desired impact, and selecting the next smallest step.

Core question: Is this initiative worth starting now, and if so what is the smallest next step?

Decision methodLowWorkshop + async
20-45 min
1-6

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Systems Thinking

Theory of Change

Clarifies connections, patterns, and leverage points by articulating long-term impact, working backward from outcomes, and defining measurement points and risks.

Core question: How do the planned activities lead through outputs and outcomes to long-term impact, and which assumptions and risks do we need to test and measure?

Planning toolHighWorkshop
2-6 h
4-12

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Product Discovery

Opportunity Scoring

Moves customer problem, solution idea, and evidence toward a concrete result through "collect outcomes from discovery", "define an importance scale", and "calculate and sort the score".

Core question: Which outcomes are important to target users and currently poorly satisfied, and where does genuine innovation potential exist?

Decision methodMediumWorkshop + async
60-120 min
3-6

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Product Strategy

GIST Planning

Connects goals, ideas, step projects, and tasks so product planning stays outcome-oriented and adaptive.

Core question: Which Goals will the team achieve in 12 months, which prioritized Ideas should it test next, and how do these move into deliverable Step-Projects?

Process modelMediumWorkshop + async
Wochen bis Monate je Goal
3-10

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Product Discovery

Product Kata

Uses a recurring learning loop to connect direction, current condition, target condition, and the next smallest experiment.

Core question: Which Target Condition does the team want to reach in 1-2 weeks, and which smallest next step moves us there or lets us see where the obstacle is?

Process modelMediumWorkshop + async
1-2 Wochen je Loop
3-10

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UX Design

Lean UX Canvas

Aligns business problem, users, outcomes, solution ideas, hypotheses, and experiments on one lightweight canvas.

Core question: Which testable hypothesis links business problem, desired outcomes, users, solution idea, and critical assumptions so that the next experiment is clear?

CanvasMediumWorkshop + async
2-3 h
3-8

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Product Discovery

Outcome-Driven Innovation

Quantifies customer desired outcomes for a job and identifies underserved needs as innovation opportunities.

Core question: Which desired outcomes are important and insufficiently fulfilled for which customer segments, and where is the largest quantitative innovation lever?

Research methodHighWorkshop + async
Mehrere Wochen
2-6 Researcher und Sample

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