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| Criterion |  Decision Making Eisenhower Matrix |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Product Discovery Test Card |  Product Discovery Riskiest Assumption Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | It separates true priorities from noise so it becomes clear what should be done now, scheduled, delegated, or dropped. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | The Test Card turns a critical assumption into a testable claim and specifies in advance which result counts as success. | When an idea hinges on one critical unknown, it prioritizes testing that exact piece of uncertainty first. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a prioritized list of assumptions, a test plan, and a result report. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 15-30 min | 45-60 min | 20-35 min | 1-2 Wochen pro Iteration |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 2-8 | 1-5 | 2-6 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Eisenhower Matrix, Action List, Delegation Notes | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Test Card with a pre-set threshold | Prioritized Assumption List, Test Plan, Results Report |
Tagsno overlap | PrioritizationFocusTasks | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryAssumptions |