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| Criterion |  Product Discovery User Story Mapping |  Decision Making Trade-off Analysis |
|---|---|---|
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. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 45-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Story Map, Release Slices, Backlog Candidates | Trade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted Downsides |
Tagsno overlap | BacklogJourneyPlanningMVP | TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions |
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