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| Criterion |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Product Discovery Riskiest Assumption Test |
|---|---|---|---|
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 demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all. | When an idea hinges on one critical unknown, it prioritizes testing that exact piece of uncertainty first. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a prioritized list of assumptions, a test plan, and a result report. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 1-5 Tage | 1-2 Wochen pro Iteration |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | Nutzertraffic | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Prioritized Assumption List, Test Plan, Results Report |
Tagsno overlap | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryAssumptions |
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