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| Criterion |  Product Strategy Impact Mapping |  Decision Making Risk Matrix |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Product Discovery Opportunity Scoring |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures. | 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. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. | When opportunities need ranking by their effect, it makes importance and satisfaction directly comparable. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as an opportunity-score table and top outcomes. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 30-60 min | 45-90 min | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 3-10 | 2-8 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options | Risk Matrix, Top Risk List | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Opportunity Score Table, Top Outcomes |
Tagsno overlap | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning | RiskDecisionPrioritizationAssessment | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | PrioritizationDiscoveryOutcomesNeeds |