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| Criterion |  Facilitation Mind Mapping |  Product Discovery Hypothesis Prioritization Canvas |  Product Discovery Opportunity Solution Tree |  Product Discovery Test Card |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early. | 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 discovery keeps swinging between goals, ideas, and learning loops, it creates clear steering logic. It connects the desired outcome, opportunities, and experiments into a legible structure. | The Test Card turns a critical assumption into a testable claim and specifies in advance which result counts as success. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 15-45 min | 60-90 min | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 20-35 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-10 | 3-8 | 2-6 | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions | Prioritization Canvas, Hypothesis Backlog | Opportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning Log | Test Card with a pre-set threshold |
Tagsno overlap | BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation | ExperimentsPrioritizationDiscoveryHypothesis | DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis |