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| Criterion |  Product Strategy ICE Scoring |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  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. | 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 demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 20–45 min | 1-5 Tage | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | Small cross-functional group | Nutzertraffic | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | ICE Table, Top Idea List | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Risk Matrix, Top Risk List |
Tagsno overlap | PrioritizationScoringGrowthDecision | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | RiskDecisionPrioritizationAssessment |