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| Criterion |  Decision Making Decision Framing Workshop |  Innovation Design Thinking |  UX Research Surveys |  Product Discovery MVP Test Matrix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a decision is poorly framed, even good answers deliver little value. A Decision Framing Workshop sharpens the problem, goal, and boundaries before the actual weighing begins. | For complex user problems with an uncertain cause, the method connects observation, interpretation, and experiment into a learning cycle. It keeps the focus on real needs and avoids premature solution language. This produces robust decisions for product and service. | When a topic needs to be validated broadly and many people can answer the same question, surveys gather structured feedback in a scalable form. Answers become comparable and segmentable instead of remaining merely anecdotal. | 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 | Medium | High | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60-120 min | 1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 3-14 Tage | 45-75 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 4-10 | 50+ | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Decision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence Plan | Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings | Survey Results, Charts, Segment Insights | Test Matrix, Test Plan |
Tagsno overlap | Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions | InnovationPrototypeResearch | QuantitativeResearchValidation | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryOptions |