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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Opportunity Solution Tree |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Decision Making Risk Matrix |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | When a project faces many possible disruptions, it quickly becomes unclear which risks deserve attention first. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Risk Matrix and a Top Risk List. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 45-90 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 2-8 | 3-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Opportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning Log | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Risk Matrix, Top Risk List |
Tagsno overlap | DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | RiskDecisionPrioritizationAssessment |
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