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| Criterion | ![]() Facilitation Mind Mapping | ![]() Product Discovery Pretotyping | ![]() Product Discovery MVP Test Matrix |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | Pretotyping clarifies whether a customer problem and solution idea create enough real demand. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence, and captures the result as a pretotyping sketch, test setup, and conversion data. | When several minimal variants compete to answer the same question, it makes comparing and choosing between them cleaner. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Test Matrix and a Test Plan. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 15-45 min | Stunden bis wenige Tage | 45-75 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-10 | 1-4 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions | Pretotyping sketch, Test setup, Conversion data, Go or no-go decision | Test Matrix, Test Plan |
Tagsno overlap | BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation | ValidationDemandMVP | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryOptions |
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