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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Facilitation Dot Estimation |  Agile Affinity Estimation |  Growth A/B Testing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | When size or effort can only be estimated roughly, Dot Estimation condenses the group's experience into a quick range. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as an Effort Heatmap, Risk Signals, and Discussion Targets. | 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 two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 45-60 min | 5-20 min | 30-90 min | 1-4 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 3-20 | 3-12 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Async |
Outputdifferent | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Effort Heatmap, Risk Signals, Discussion Targets | Affinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear Items | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary |
Tagsno overlap | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | EstimationEffortRisk | EstimationBacklogRelative sizing | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation |