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| Criterion |  Knowledge Modeling PARA Method |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  Product Discovery Fake Door Test |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The PARA Method organizes knowledge into Projects, Areas, Resources, and Archives. It creates order when digital notes, files, and tasks no longer cleanly fit current work. | In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures. | When demand is still unclear, it measures interest in a feature before it is built. It separates real behavior from polite agreement and deliberately keeps build effort small. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h Setup, laufend | 20–45 min | 1-5 Tage | 45-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1 | Small cross-functional group | Nutzertraffic | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge Archive | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | Click Data, Interest Signal, Learning Decision | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking |
Tagsno overlap | KnowledgeProductivityOrganization | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation |