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| Criterion |  Engineering Hypothesis-Driven Troubleshooting |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Decision Making Argument Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When systems fail unexpectedly, spontaneous attempts often produce more noise than insight. Hypothesis-driven Troubleshooting translates symptoms into testable assumptions and makes troubleshooting learnable. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-240 min | 45-60 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 2-8 | 1-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Hypothesis Log, Test Plan, Evidence Notes, Diagnosis Summary | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale |
Tagsno overlap | TroubleshootingProblem solvingDiagnosis | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | SensemakingDecisionRationale |
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