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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking Current Reality Tree |  Product Discovery Test Card |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | A Current Reality Tree condenses many symptoms into a few causal chains. The method makes visible which core problems drive several negative effects at once. | The Test Card turns a critical assumption into a testable claim and specifies in advance which result counts as success. | 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 | High | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 2-6 h | 20-35 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 1-5 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Current Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention Ideas | Test Card with a pre-set threshold | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan |
Tagsno overlap | Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery |
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