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| Criterion |  Product Strategy Lean Canvas |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Innovation Design Charrette |  Innovation Lean Startup |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When an early product bet still has too many open points, it brings target group, problem, and assumptions into a single view. It condenses the idea so core risks become nameable. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | In a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space. | For uncertain business assumptions, the method forces the idea into contact with real market reactions early. It separates wishful picture, assumption, and observable behavior, so that learning becomes faster than planning. This translates uncertainty into measurable insight. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 45-60 min | Halber Tag bis mehrere Tage | Wochen bis Monate je Lernzyklus |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 2-8 | 10-50 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Lean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Sketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction | Hypothesis list, MVPs, Learning reports, Pivot or persevere decision |
Tagsno overlap | StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation | LeanStartupValidationMVP |