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| Criterion |  Product Strategy ICE Scoring |  Architecture LASR (Lightweight Approach for Software Reviews) |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Growth A/B Testing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | LASR helps development teams identify where their software falls short of important quality goals and which improvements to consider. A small group with existing system knowledge can make an initial assessment and investigate open questions in more detail. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 3–4 h for initial assessment; preparation and deeper analysis additional | 45-60 min | 1-4 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 1 or a small team; particularly suitable for 3–4 people | 2-8 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | ICE Table, Top Idea List | Lean Mission Statement describing the software’s purpose, Prioritized quality goals and evaluation criteria, Risks and estimated gaps against quality goals, More closely examined findings and open checks | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary |
Tagsno overlap | PrioritizationScoringGrowthDecision | ArchitectureQualityRiskAssessmentLean | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation |