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| Criterion |  Decision Making Risk Matrix |  Operations Barrier Analysis |  Product Discovery Experiment Canvas |  Product Discovery Test Card |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a project faces many possible disruptions, it quickly becomes unclear which risks deserve attention first. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Risk Matrix and a Top Risk List. | For a risk that can only be managed through multiple layers of protection, the method examines the effectiveness of each barrier. It shows where safeguards are missing, too weak, or fail under real conditions. | 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. | The Test Card turns a critical assumption into a testable claim and specifies in advance which result counts as success. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 2-4 h | 30-60 min | 20-35 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 2-6 | 1-5 | 1-5 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Risk Matrix, Top Risk List | Barrier Inventory, Failure Analysis per Barrier, Action Backlog | Completed Experiment Canvas, Success Metric | Test Card with a pre-set threshold |
Tagsno overlap | RiskDecisionPrioritizationAssessment | Root causeSafetyIncident | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis |