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| Criterion |  Decision Making Risk Matrix |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  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. | When demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 1-5 Tage | 30-60 min | 20-35 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | Nutzertraffic | 1-5 | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Risk Matrix, Top Risk List | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Completed Experiment Canvas, Success Metric | Test Card with a pre-set threshold |
Tagsno overlap | RiskDecisionPrioritizationAssessment | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis |