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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Opportunity Solution Tree |  Business Strategy VRIO Framework |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | The VRIO Framework rates resources and capabilities on whether they are Valuable, Rare, Inimitable, and Organized. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a VRIO table and strategic actions. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 90-180 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 3-6 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Opportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning Log | VRIO Table, Strategic Actions | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan |
Tagsno overlap | DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity | StrategyDiagnosisBusiness modelCapability | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery |
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