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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Decision Making Option Framing |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Product Discovery MVP Test Matrix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | In early decisions, alternatives are often still vague, incomplete, or blended together. Option Framing brings every possibility into a comparable form and makes visible which variant actually fits the question. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. | When several minimal variants compete to answer the same question, it makes comparing and choosing between them cleaner. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Test Matrix and a Test Plan. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-60 min | 45-120 min | 45-90 min | 45-75 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 3-8 | 2-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Option Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision Inputs | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Test Matrix, Test Plan |
Tagsno overlap | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryOptions |