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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Business Strategy PESTLE Analysis |  Growth A/B Testing |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | PESTLE Analysis makes political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental influences visible. The environment of an initiative is thereby read systematically instead of through isolated trends. | 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. | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-60 min | 1-3 h | 1-4 Wochen | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-10 | 1-6 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes |
Tagsno overlap | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | StrategyMarketAnalysis | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio |