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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Business Model Stress Test |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Product Discovery Learning Card |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | A Business Model Stress Test checks how well a business model holds up under pressure and headwinds. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a stress-test report and action plan per scenario. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | The Learning Card connects traceable test results to a reasoned next action while keeping the limits of the insight visible. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | Half day | 45-60 min | 25-40 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 2-8 | 1-5 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Stress Test Report, Action Plan per Scenario | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Learning Card with evidence and next action | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyBusiness modelRiskDiagnosis | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery |