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| Criterion | ![]() Decision Making Assumption Surfacing | ![]() Growth Flywheel | ![]() Decision Making Risk Matrix | ![]() Delivery Cost of Delay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Growth often breaks down where a reinforcing mechanism builds up too much friction. A Flywheel shows the cycle of value, repetition, and reinforcement meant to sustain growth. | When a project faces many possible disruptions, it quickly becomes unclear which risks deserve attention first. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Risk Matrix and a Top Risk List. | Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 60-120 min | 30-60 min | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 3-8 | 3-10 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Flywheel Map, Friction Points, Growth Levers, Experiment Backlog | Risk Matrix, Top Risk List | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence |
Tagsno overlap | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | GrowthRetentionConversion | RiskDecisionPrioritizationAssessment | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision |



