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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking Evaporating Cloud |  Growth Hooked Model |  Product Discovery Experiment Canvas |  Product Discovery Test Card |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict. | The Hooked Model helps clarify engagement loops, user behavior, and experiments. It makes repeat behavior measurable and captures the result as a hooked loop, trigger map, and reward design. | When experiments become unreadable after the fact, it arranges hypothesis, signal, and learning goal on a single canvas. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Completed Experiment Canvas and a Success Metric. | The Test Card turns a critical assumption into a testable claim and specifies in advance which result counts as success. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 60-120 min | Multiple workshops over several weeks | 30-60 min | 20-35 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-8 | 1-5 | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments | Hooked loop, Trigger map, Reward design, Ethics check | Completed Experiment Canvas, Success Metric | Test Card with a pre-set threshold |
Tagsno overlap | Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking | GrowthBehaviorRetention | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis |