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| Criterion |  UX Research Surveys |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a topic needs to be validated broadly and many people can answer the same question, surveys gather structured feedback in a scalable form. Answers become comparable and segmentable instead of remaining merely anecdotal. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 3-14 Tage | 45-60 min | 20–45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 50+ | 2-8 | Small cross-functional group |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Survey Results, Charts, Segment Insights | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log |
Tagsno overlap | QuantitativeResearchValidation | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning |
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