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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Opportunity Solution Tree |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Innovation Design Sprint |  Product Discovery Riskiest Assumption Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | When the product question is unclear and time pressure is high, the method takes a team from an open idea to a testable solution. It connects problem understanding, decision, and learning in one compact format, lowering the risk of spending a lot of energy on a mere guess. | When an idea hinges on one critical unknown, it prioritizes testing that exact piece of uncertainty first. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a prioritized list of assumptions, a test plan, and a result report. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 45-60 min | 4-5 Tage | 1-2 Wochen pro Iteration |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 2-8 | 5-8 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Opportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning Log | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Prototype, Test Findings, Decision Rationale | Prioritized Assumption List, Test Plan, Results Report |
Tagsno overlap | DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryAssumptions |