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| Criterion |  Knowledge Modeling Concept Mapping |  Product Discovery Pretotyping |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Decision Making Red Teaming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Concept Mapping arranges terms and relationships in a network that makes subject-matter connections tangible. It fits when a topic needs to be understood structurally rather than linearly. | Pretotyping clarifies whether a customer problem and solution idea create enough real demand. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence, and captures the result as a pretotyping sketch, test setup, and conversion data. | 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. | For strategic decisions with high reach, agreement and gut feeling are often not enough. Red teaming brings deliberate opposition into the situation and tests where a plan breaks under real counterarguments. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | Stunden bis wenige Tage | 45-90 min | 1-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 1-8 | 1-4 | 2-8 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Concept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge Gaps | Pretotyping sketch, Test setup, Conversion data, Go or no-go decision | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Challenge Findings, Risk Register, Mitigation Plan |
Tagsno overlap | KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking | ValidationDemandMVP | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | RiskDecisionSensemaking |