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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Problem Interview |  Decision Making Trade-off Analysis |  Product Discovery Concierge MVP |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When the picture of the problem still needs to become solid, it asks about real situations and consequences. It separates genuine suffering from mere interest in a solution. | With limited resources, quality, speed, cost, and risk almost always compete with each other. Trade-off Analysis makes these tensions explicit and prevents decisions from producing hidden side effects. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min je Interview | 45-120 min | 1-4 Wochen | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-12 Interviews | 2-8 | 3-10 Kunden | 2-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Problem Evidence, Risk Notes, Customer Segments | Trade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted Downsides | Concierge Learnings, Service Blueprint, MVP Risks | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan |
Tagsno overlap | DiscoveryInterviewsValidation | TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions | MVPValidationServiceDiscovery | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery |