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| Criterion |  Delivery Cost of Delay |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Product Strategy ICE Scoring |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence. | 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 assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | When ideas need sorting quickly, it condenses impact, confidence, and effort into one compact score. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as an ICE table and top-ideas list. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 90-180 min | 1-5 Tage | 45-60 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | Nutzertraffic | 2-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | ICE Table, Top Idea List |
Tagsno overlap | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | PrioritizationScoringGrowthDecision |