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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Agile Example Mapping |  Product Discovery Test Card |  Agile Acceptance Criteria Workshop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | When a story carries business rules and exceptions, it brings clarity before implementation. It makes examples, open questions, and boundaries visible enough that the logic becomes jointly sound. | The Test Card turns a critical assumption into a testable claim and specifies in advance which result counts as success. | When a story needs clear checkpoints before implementation, it sharpens expectation and scope together. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Acceptance Criteria and a Story Update. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-60 min | 30-60 min | 20-35 min | 20-40 min pro Story |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 3-7 | 1-5 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Example Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open Questions | Test Card with a pre-set threshold | Acceptance Criteria, Story Update |
Tagsno overlap | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis | AgileRequirementsRefinementBehavior-Driven Development |