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| Criterion |  Engineering Failure Scenario Analysis |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Product Strategy Lean Canvas |  Growth A/B Testing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | In critical processes, it is not enough to plan only for the normal case. Failure Scenario Analysis looks at the path into failure and shows which failures, chains, and control gaps cause the most damage. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | When an early product bet still has too many open points, it brings target group, problem, and assumptions into a single view. It condenses the idea so core risks become nameable. | When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 45-60 min | 45-90 min | 1-4 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 2-8 | 1-6 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Failure Scenarios, Risk Notes, Control Gaps, Test and Response Actions | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Lean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary |
Tagsno overlap | FailureResilienceRisk | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation |