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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Business Strategy PESTLE Analysis |  Growth A/B Testing |  Product Discovery Riskiest Assumption Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When an idea hinges on one critical unknown, it prioritizes testing that exact piece of uncertainty first. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a prioritized list of assumptions, a test plan, and a result report. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-60 min | 1-3 h | 1-4 Wochen | 1-2 Wochen pro Iteration |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-10 | 1-6 | 2-6 |
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 | Prioritized Assumption List, Test Plan, Results Report |
Tagsno overlap | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | StrategyMarketAnalysis | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryAssumptions |