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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Opportunity Solution Tree |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Knowledge Modeling Knowledge Mapping |  Product Strategy DIBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. | Knowledge Mapping makes knowledge, gaps, and transfer paths visible across a field. It fits when expertise should not just exist but also be findable and transferable. | DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 45-90 min | 1-3 h | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 2-8 | 3-12 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Opportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning Log | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Knowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer Plan | DIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning report |
Tagsno overlap | DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | KnowledgeMappingRisk | StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis |