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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking Theory of Constraints Thinking Process |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Product Discovery Test Card |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The Theory of Constraints Thinking Process exposes a system's bottleneck and the logic behind it. It suits situations where many symptoms trace back to the same limiting relationship. | 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 Test Card turns a critical assumption into a testable claim and specifies in advance which result counts as success. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 0.5-3 Tage | 45-90 min | 20-35 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 2-8 | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Current Reality Logic, Conflict Cloud, Future Reality Tree, Implementation Obstacles | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Test Card with a pre-set threshold |
Tagsno overlap | Theory of ConstraintsConstraintsSystems thinkingCausality | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis |
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