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| Criterion |  Product Strategy Product Canvas |  Operations Fault Tree Analysis |  Operations MORT Analysis |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When product goal and feature scope don't yet fit cleanly together, it creates a shared working picture. It connects need, core features, and assumptions into a solid starting point. | For a critical top event with several possible triggers, the method logically models failure paths. It makes visible which combinations of conditions can lead to damage. | For a safety-relevant event or a system with high protection requirements, the method examines where controls failed. It exposes both technical and organizational gaps. | 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 | High | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 2-6 h | Mehrere Tage bis Wochen | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 3-8 | 2-6 | 2-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Product Canvas, Product Assumptions, Scope Notes | Fault Tree, Critical Paths, Cause Hypotheses, Control Actions | MORT Worksheets, Findings per Branch, Corrective Actions, Systemic Recommendations | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan |
Tagsno overlap | CanvasDiscoveryScope | RiskRoot causeSafety | Root causeSafetySystemicIncident | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery |