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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Strategy Execution Loop |  Product Discovery MVP Test Matrix |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Product Discovery Learning Card |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The Strategy Execution Loop helps avoid treating strategy as a one-off document. It makes visible how strategic decisions are turned into objectives, initiatives, operational work, measurement, and learning. | When several minimal variants compete to answer the same question, it makes comparing and choosing between them cleaner. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Test Matrix and a Test Plan. | 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. | The Learning Card connects traceable test results to a reasoned next action while keeping the limits of the insight visible. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | Initial 3-6 h, then monthly or quarterly reviews | 45-75 min | 45-90 min | 25-40 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-12 | 2-8 | 2-8 | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Execution Loop, Review Cadence, Strategic Learning Log | Test Matrix, Test Plan | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Learning Card with evidence and next action |
Tagsno overlap | ExecutionCadenceLearningGovernance | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryOptions | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning |