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| Criterion | ![]() Product Discovery Test Card | ![]() Facilitation Alignment Mapping | ![]() Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The Test Card turns a critical assumption into a testable claim and specifies in advance which result counts as success. | When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 20-35 min | 1-2 h | 45-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | 4-12 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Test Card with a pre-set threshold | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking |
Tagsno overlap | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation |
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