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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking Polarity Mapping |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |  Product Discovery Experiment Canvas |  Product Discovery Test Card |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Polarity Mapping makes tensions between two opposing poles tangible, such as standardization and adaptation or control and autonomy. The method guards against making apparent either-or decisions prematurely. | When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped. | When experiments become unreadable after the fact, it arranges hypothesis, signal, and learning goal on a single canvas. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Completed Experiment Canvas and a Success Metric. | The Test Card turns a critical assumption into a testable claim and specifies in advance which result counts as success. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 30-90 min | 30-60 min | 20-35 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 2-8 | 1-5 | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Polarity Map, Warning Signs, Balance Actions | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries | Completed Experiment Canvas, Success Metric | Test Card with a pre-set threshold |
Tagsno overlap | Systems thinkingTradeoffsLeadership | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis |