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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Operations Fishbone Diagram |  Product Discovery Experiment Canvas |  Operations Failure Mode and Effects Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 problem has several possible contributing factors, the method sorts causes by cause areas. It prevents an initial hunch from blocking the view of other plausible drivers. | 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. | For a process, product, or service with noticeable failure risks, the method assesses possible failure modes in advance. It directs attention to combinations of occurrence, effect, and detectability. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 45-60 min | 30-60 min | 30-60 min | 2-6 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-8 | 1-5 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Fishbone Diagram, Cause Categories, Investigation Backlog | Completed Experiment Canvas, Success Metric | FMEA Table, Risk Priority, Mitigation Actions |
Tagsno overlap | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | Root causeQualityOperations | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis | RiskQualityOperationsRoot cause |