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| Criterion |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |  Decision Making Argument Mapping |  Product Discovery Test Card |  Product Discovery MVP Test Matrix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped. | When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on. | The Test Card turns a critical assumption into a testable claim and specifies in advance which result counts as success. | When several minimal variants compete to answer the same question, it makes comparing and choosing between them cleaner. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Test Matrix and a Test Plan. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 1-3 h | 20-35 min | 45-75 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 1-8 | 1-5 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries | Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale | Test Card with a pre-set threshold | Test Matrix, Test Plan |
Tagsno overlap | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions | SensemakingDecisionRationale | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryOptions |