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| Criterion |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  UX Research Surveys |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Product Discovery Concierge MVP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 a topic needs to be validated broadly and many people can answer the same question, surveys gather structured feedback in a scalable form. Answers become comparable and segmentable instead of remaining merely anecdotal. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. | When an idea can first fail or grow through genuine hands-on support, it relies on manual work instead of automation. It shows whether user value holds up even under manual execution. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 20–45 min | 3-14 Tage | 45-90 min | 1-4 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | Small cross-functional group | 50+ | 2-8 | 3-10 Kunden |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | Survey Results, Charts, Segment Insights | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Concierge Learnings, Service Blueprint, MVP Risks |
Tagsno overlap | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | QuantitativeResearchValidation | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | MVPValidationServiceDiscovery |