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| Criterion |  Engineering Hypothesis-Driven Troubleshooting |  Product Discovery Concierge MVP |  Facilitation Decision Jam |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 an idea can first fail or grow through genuine hands-on support, it relies on manual work instead of automation. It shows whether user value holds up even under manual execution. | When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer. | 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 | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-240 min | 1-4 Wochen | 60-90 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 3-10 Kunden | 4-10 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Hypothesis Log, Test Plan, Evidence Notes, Diagnosis Summary | Concierge Learnings, Service Blueprint, MVP Risks | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan |
Tagsno overlap | TroubleshootingProblem solvingDiagnosis | MVPValidationServiceDiscovery | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery |