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| Criterion |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Product Discovery Dual-Track Agile |  Product Discovery Learning Card |  Product Discovery Riskiest Assumption Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 uncertainty and delivery run in parallel, it separates learning work from implementation while keeping both connected. It prevents unvalidated ideas from falling directly into the delivery stream. | The Learning Card connects traceable test results to a reasoned next action while keeping the limits of the insight visible. | 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 | Low | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | Laufend, Wochen bis Monate | 25-40 min | 1-2 Wochen pro Iteration |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 4-10 | 1-5 | 2-6 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Discovery Backlog, Delivery Backlog, Experiment-Ergebnisse, Validierte Stories | Learning Card with evidence and next action | Prioritized Assumption List, Test Plan, Results Report |
Tags1 shared | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | AgileDiscoveryDelivery | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryAssumptions |