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| Criterion |  Product Strategy Impact Mapping |  Decision Making Trade-off Analysis |
|---|---|---|
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. | With limited resources, quality, speed, cost, and risk almost always compete with each other. Trade-off Analysis makes these tensions explicit and prevents decisions from producing hidden side effects. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 45-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options | Trade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted Downsides |
Tagsno overlap | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning | TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions |
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