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| Criterion |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  Product Discovery Fake Door Test |  Knowledge Modeling Knowledge Mapping |  Product Discovery Learning Card |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 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. | Knowledge Mapping makes knowledge, gaps, and transfer paths visible across a field. It fits when expertise should not just exist but also be findable and transferable. | The Learning Card connects traceable test results to a reasoned next action while keeping the limits of the insight visible. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 20–45 min | 1-5 Tage | 1-3 h | 25-40 min |
Participantsdifferent | Small cross-functional group | Nutzertraffic | 3-12 | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | Click Data, Interest Signal, Learning Decision | Knowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer Plan | Learning Card with evidence and next action |
Tagsno overlap | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery | KnowledgeMappingRisk | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning |