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| Criterion |  Agile Affinity Estimation |  Product Discovery Opportunity Solution Tree |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |  Product Discovery Experiment Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When many tasks need to be classified quickly, it sorts them by perceived effort and similarity. It reduces the effort of fine-grained estimation for large volumes. | 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. | When a headline metric could mask side effects, it adds guardrail signals against unwanted outcomes. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a counter-metric list and guardrail definitions. | When experiments become unreadable after the fact, it arranges hypothesis, signal, and learning goal on a single canvas. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Completed Experiment Canvas and a Success Metric. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 30-60 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 2-6 | 2-6 | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Affinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear Items | Opportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning Log | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions | Completed Experiment Canvas, Success Metric |
Tagsno overlap | EstimationBacklogRelative sizing | DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis |