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| Criterion | ![]() Decision Making Assumption Surfacing | ![]() Agile NoEstimates | ![]() Product Discovery Learning Card | ![]() Product Discovery Fake Door 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 estimating slows a team down more than it helps, it shifts the focus to flow, small slices, and real lead time. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Throughput Data, Flow Forecast, and Slicing Rules. | The Learning Card connects traceable test results to a reasoned next action while keeping the limits of the insight visible. | When demand is still unclear, it measures interest in a feature before it is built. It separates real behavior from polite agreement and deliberately keeps build effort small. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | laufend | 25-40 min | 1-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-12 | 1-5 | Nutzertraffic |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Throughput Data, Flow Forecast, Slicing Rules | Learning Card with evidence and next action | Click Data, Interest Signal, Learning Decision |
Tagsno overlap | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | EstimationForecastingFlow | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning | ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery |



