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| Criterion |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Facilitation Dot Voting |  Product Discovery Experiment Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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 assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | When a workshop has produced too many options and the group needs to condense quickly, dot voting makes preferences visible in a short time. It bundles individual votes into a solid signal for the next selection. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 45-60 min | 5-15 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-8 | 3-20 | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Ranked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist | Completed Experiment Canvas, Success Metric |
Tagsno overlap | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis |