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| Criterion |  Knowledge Modeling PARA Method |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Product Strategy ICE Scoring |  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. | When ideas need sorting quickly, it condenses impact, confidence, and effort into one compact score. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as an ICE table and top-ideas list. | 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 | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h Setup, laufend | 1-5 Tage | 30-60 min | 45-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1 | Nutzertraffic | 2-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge Archive | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | ICE Table, Top Idea List | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking |
Tagsno overlap | KnowledgeProductivityOrganization | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | PrioritizationScoringGrowthDecision | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation |