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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Jobs to Be Done |  Product Strategy ICE Scoring |  Decision Making Trade-off Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When switching motives and progress are unclear, it reconstructs the situation from real customer circumstances. It shows why a switch happens and what kind of progress is being sought. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 Wochen | 30-60 min | 45-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-12 Interviews | 2-8 | 2-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Job Stories, Outcome Statements, Opportunity List | ICE Table, Top Idea List | Trade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted Downsides |
Tagsno overlap | CustomerOutcomesNeeds | PrioritizationScoringGrowthDecision | TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions |
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