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| Criterion |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Helps clarify technical problems, hypotheses, and next steps in concrete terms. It breaks a technical problem into testable parts. The result is captured as a GQM table and metric briefs. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 90-180 min | 45-60 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-6 | 2-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | GQM Table, Metric Profiles | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan |
Tagsno overlap | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery |
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