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| Criterion |  Product Discovery User Story Mapping |  Decision Making Decision Tree |  Facilitation Six Thinking Hats |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When user goals and delivery scope could drift apart, it orders the journey from goal to slice. It makes visible where an MVP can genuinely be cut. | For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch. | When a topic gets stuck too quickly in the same thinking mode, Six Thinking Hats deliberately separates the perspectives. This means facts, risks, creativity, and emotional signals get worked through one after another instead of mixed together. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 30-90 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 1-6 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Story Map, Release Slices, Backlog Candidates | Decision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List | Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action Items |
Tagsno overlap | BacklogJourneyPlanningMVP | DecisionTreeOptions | FacilitationOptionsDecision |
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