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| Criterion |  Product Strategy ICE Scoring |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Operations A3 Problem Solving |  Operations Kepner-Tregoe |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all. | For a complex deviation with several people involved, the method bundles problem, analysis, and decision onto one page. It creates a shared working space where causes, countermeasures, and follow-up fit together. | For a disturbance that's hard to pin down, the method cleanly separates problem, cause, and decision. It reduces mixing when symptoms allow several interpretations. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 1-5 Tage | 45-90 min | 2-8 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | Nutzertraffic | 2-5 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | ICE Table, Top Idea List | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | A3 Report, Action Plan, Root Cause Analysis | Problem Analysis, Decision Analysis, Risk Plan |
Tagsno overlap | PrioritizationScoringGrowthDecision | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | LeanProblem solvingCoachingOperations | Problem solvingRoot causeDecisionOperations |