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| Criterion |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Product Discovery MVP Test Matrix |  Product Discovery Experiment Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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 assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | When several minimal variants compete to answer the same question, it makes comparing and choosing between them cleaner. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Test Matrix and a Test Plan. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 20–45 min | 45-60 min | 45-75 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | Small cross-functional group | 2-8 | 2-8 | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Test Matrix, Test Plan | Completed Experiment Canvas, Success Metric |
Tagsno overlap | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryOptions | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis |