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| Criterion |  Engineering Fault Isolation |  Product Strategy Lean Canvas |  Product Strategy DIBB |  Business Strategy Value Chain Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | In technical failures, the visible symptom often gets mixed up with the actual cause. Fault Isolation narrows the fault space and progressively reduces which part of the system is truly affected. | 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. | 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. | Value Chain Analysis shows where value is created, costs accrue, and differentiation becomes possible along the process. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a value-chain map and lever list. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 30-180 min | 45-90 min | 1-2 h | Half day |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 1-6 | 2-8 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Fault Isolation Map, Test Log, Excluded Hypotheses, Narrowed Fault Area | Lean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog | DIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning report | Value Chain Map, Lever List |
Tagsno overlap | TroubleshootingDiagnosisEngineering | StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model | StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis | StrategyBusiness modelDiagnosisAnalysis |