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| Criterion |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Systems Thinking Leverage Points |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a headline metric could mask side effects, it adds guardrail signals against unwanted outcomes. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a counter-metric list and guardrail definitions. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | Leverage Points show exactly where interventions in a system produce a disproportionate effect. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a leverage map and action strategy. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 45-60 min | Half day | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 2-8 | 3-12 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Leverage Map, Action Strategy | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan |
Tagsno overlap | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | Systems thinkingChangeStrategy | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery |