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| Criterion |  Decision Making Decision Matrix |  Product Discovery Pretotyping |  Product Strategy ICE Scoring |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When several options collide with several criteria, comparison quickly becomes subjective. A Decision Matrix makes the trade-off visible and brings weighting, criteria, and options into a shared logic. | Pretotyping clarifies whether a customer problem and solution idea create enough real demand. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence, and captures the result as a pretotyping sketch, test setup, and conversion data. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | Stunden bis wenige Tage | 30-60 min | 1-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 1-4 | 2-8 | Nutzertraffic |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Decision Matrix, Scoring Rationale, Selected Option | Pretotyping sketch, Test setup, Conversion data, Go or no-go decision | ICE Table, Top Idea List | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note |
Tagsno overlap | DecisionCriteriaScoringTradeoffs | ValidationDemandMVP | PrioritizationScoringGrowthDecision | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth |