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| Criterion |  Decision Making Trade-off Analysis |  Product Discovery Riskiest Assumption Test |  Product Discovery Test 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 an idea hinges on one critical unknown, it prioritizes testing that exact piece of uncertainty first. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a prioritized list of assumptions, a test plan, and a result report. | The Test Card turns a critical assumption into a testable claim and specifies in advance which result counts as success. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-120 min | 1-2 Wochen pro Iteration | 20-35 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-6 | 1-5 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Trade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted Downsides | Prioritized Assumption List, Test Plan, Results Report | Test Card with a pre-set threshold |
Tagsno overlap | TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryAssumptions | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis |
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