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| Criterion | ![]() Business Strategy Business Model Stress Test | ![]() Decision Making Pre-Mortem | ![]() Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | Half day | 20–45 min | 45-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | Small cross-functional group | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Stress Test Report, Action Plan per Scenario | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking |
Tags1 shared | StrategyBusiness modelRiskDiagnosis | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation |
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