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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking Leverage Points |  Business Strategy Value Chain Analysis |  Product Discovery Experiment Canvas |  Product Discovery Test Card |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Leverage Points show exactly where interventions in a system produce a disproportionate effect. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a leverage map and action strategy. | Value Chain Analysis shows where value is created, costs accrue, and differentiation becomes possible along the process. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a value-chain map and lever list. | When experiments become unreadable after the fact, it arranges hypothesis, signal, and learning goal on a single canvas. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Completed Experiment Canvas and a Success Metric. | The Test Card turns a critical assumption into a testable claim and specifies in advance which result counts as success. |
Complexitydifferent | High | High | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | Half day | Half day | 30-60 min | 20-35 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 3-8 | 1-5 | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Leverage Map, Action Strategy | Value Chain Map, Lever List | Completed Experiment Canvas, Success Metric | Test Card with a pre-set threshold |
Tagsno overlap | Systems thinkingChangeStrategy | StrategyBusiness modelDiagnosisAnalysis | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis |