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| Criterion |  Operations Accountability Ladder |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | With defensive reactions to problems, the method shifts the view from justification to ownership. It makes visible which reaction stage a person or team is currently stuck on. | 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. | When demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 20-45 min | 30-90 min | 1-5 Tage | 45-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-8 | 2-8 | Nutzertraffic | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Ownership Reflection, Action Commitment, Coaching Notes | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking |
Tagsno overlap | ResponsibilityLeadershipTeam | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation |