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| Criterion | ![]() Decision Making Trade-off Analysis | ![]() Product Strategy RICE Scoring | ![]() Product Discovery MVP Test Matrix | ![]() Product Discovery Fake Door Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 many initiatives compete for the same resources, it brings reach, impact, confidence, and effort into one shared ranking. It makes prioritization economically connectable. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-120 min | 60-90 min | 45-75 min | 1-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-10 | 2-8 | Nutzertraffic |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async |
Outputdifferent | Trade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted Downsides | RICE Scores, Ranked List, Assumption Log | Test Matrix, Test Plan | Click Data, Interest Signal, Learning Decision |
Tagsno overlap | TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions | PrioritizationScoringRoadmapTradeoffs | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryOptions | ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery |



