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| Criterion |  Product Strategy DIBB |  Knowledge Modeling Concept Mapping |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report. | Concept Mapping arranges terms and relationships in a network that makes subject-matter connections tangible. It fits when a topic needs to be understood structurally rather than linearly. | 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. | 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 | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 1-2 h | 30-60 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 1-8 | 2-6 | 2-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | DIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning report | Concept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge Gaps | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis | KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery |