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| Criterion |  Decision Making Trade-off Analysis |  Product Discovery Fake Door Test |  Product Discovery MVP Test Matrix |  Product Discovery Learning Card |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | With limited resources, quality, speed, cost, and risk almost always compete with each other. Trade-off Analysis makes these tensions explicit and prevents decisions from producing hidden side effects. | When demand is still unclear, it measures interest in a feature before it is built. It separates real behavior from polite agreement and deliberately keeps build effort small. | 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. | The Learning Card connects traceable test results to a reasoned next action while keeping the limits of the insight visible. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-120 min | 1-5 Tage | 45-75 min | 25-40 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | Nutzertraffic | 2-8 | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Trade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted Downsides | Click Data, Interest Signal, Learning Decision | Test Matrix, Test Plan | Learning Card with evidence and next action |
Tagsno overlap | TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions | ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryOptions | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning |