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| Criterion |  Knowledge Modeling PARA Method |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Decision Making Decision Rights Mapping |  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. | When demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all. | In organizations with many stakeholders, it often blurs who actually decides and who is merely consulted. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Decision Rights matrix and an agreement. | 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 | 1-5 Tage | 90-180 min | 45-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1 | Nutzertraffic | 4-12 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge Archive | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Decision Rights Matrix, Agreement | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking |
Tagsno overlap | KnowledgeProductivityOrganization | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation |