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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Test Card |  Systems Thinking Current Reality Tree |  Product Discovery Hypothesis Prioritization Canvas |  Product Discovery MVP Test Matrix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The Test Card turns a critical assumption into a testable claim and specifies in advance which result counts as success. | A Current Reality Tree condenses many symptoms into a few causal chains. The method makes visible which core problems drive several negative effects at once. | When many hypotheses compete for attention, it brings order to their learning sequence and importance. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a prioritization canvas and a hypothesis backlog. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 20-35 min | 2-6 h | 60-90 min | 45-75 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | 3-8 | 3-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Test Card with a pre-set threshold | Current Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention Ideas | Prioritization Canvas, Hypothesis Backlog | Test Matrix, Test Plan |
Tagsno overlap | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis | Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality | ExperimentsPrioritizationDiscoveryHypothesis | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryOptions |