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Opportunity Solution Tree

TTool · Opportunity Solution Tree

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The team jumped straight to a solution. It felt obvious at the time. Now you're three sprints in and nobody can explain which customer problem it solves.

The Opportunity Solution Tree (OST) is Teresa Torres's continuous discovery technique. You map a desired outcome at the top, branch into opportunity spaces beneath it, then hang specific solutions off each opportunity — making the reasoning chain visible.

A branching tree from a single outcome node down to three opportunities (Opp A, Opp B, Opp C) and on to solutions (Sol 1 through Sol 5) and experiments (Exp A, Exp B), with two branches flagged 'only one' under the caption 'one child solution means you didn't consider alternatives.'
Method visual — Opportunity Solution Tree
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