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| Criterion |  Engineering Fault Isolation |  Product Strategy Lean Canvas |  Engineering Hypothesis-Driven Troubleshooting |  Business Strategy Business Model Stress Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When systems fail unexpectedly, spontaneous attempts often produce more noise than insight. Hypothesis-driven Troubleshooting translates symptoms into testable assumptions and makes troubleshooting learnable. | A Business Model Stress Test checks how well a business model holds up under pressure and headwinds. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a stress-test report and action plan per scenario. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 30-180 min | 45-90 min | 30-240 min | Half day |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 1-6 | 1-6 | 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 | Hypothesis Log, Test Plan, Evidence Notes, Diagnosis Summary | Stress Test Report, Action Plan per Scenario |
Tagsno overlap | TroubleshootingDiagnosisEngineering | StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model | TroubleshootingProblem solvingDiagnosis | StrategyBusiness modelRiskDiagnosis |