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| Criterion |  Agile Mad Sad Glad |  Product Discovery Hypothesis Prioritization Canvas |  Agile Start Stop Continue |  Product Discovery Experiment Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a team's or workshop's mood needs to become readable, it structures emotional signals with little setup. It makes strain, relief, and sources of energy tangible. | When many hypotheses compete for attention, it brings order to their learning sequence and importance. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a prioritization canvas and a hypothesis backlog. | When a team wants to deliberately adjust its working behavior, it makes habits visible and assessable. It focuses on concrete changes instead of diffuse mood. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 60-90 min | 30-60 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 3-8 | 3-12 | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Emotion Board, Themes, Action Items | Prioritization Canvas, Hypothesis Backlog | Start Stop Continue Board, Improvement Actions | Completed Experiment Canvas, Success Metric |
Tagsno overlap | RetrospectiveTeamReflection | ExperimentsPrioritizationDiscoveryHypothesis | RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis |