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| Criterion | ![]() Product Discovery Hypothesis Prioritization Canvas | ![]() Agile Start Stop Continue | ![]() Product Discovery Experiment Canvas | ![]() Agile Starfish Retrospective |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When many hypotheses compete for attention, it brings order to their learning sequence and importance. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a prioritization canvas and a hypothesis backlog. | When a team wants to deliberately adjust its working behavior, it makes habits visible and assessable. It focuses on concrete changes instead of diffuse mood. | When experiments become unreadable after the fact, it arranges hypothesis, signal, and learning goal on a single canvas. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Completed Experiment Canvas and a Success Metric. | When improvement options need to be sorted more finely than just start and stop, it brings observations into clear kinds of action. This makes visible what should be done more, less, newly, or continued. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 60-90 min | 30-60 min | 30-60 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 3-12 | 1-5 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Prioritization Canvas, Hypothesis Backlog | Start Stop Continue Board, Improvement Actions | Completed Experiment Canvas, Success Metric | Starfish Board, Practice Changes, Experiments |
Tagsno overlap | ExperimentsPrioritizationDiscoveryHypothesis | RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis | RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam |



