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| Criterion |  Product Strategy ICE Scoring |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  Decision Making Risk Matrix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When ideas need sorting quickly, it condenses impact, confidence, and effort into one compact score. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as an ICE table and top-ideas list. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures. | When a project faces many possible disruptions, it quickly becomes unclear which risks deserve attention first. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Risk Matrix and a Top Risk List. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 45-60 min | 20–45 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-8 | Small cross-functional group | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | ICE Table, Top Idea List | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | Risk Matrix, Top Risk List |
Tagsno overlap | PrioritizationScoringGrowthDecision | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | RiskDecisionPrioritizationAssessment |