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| Criterion |  Delivery Value Stream Mapping |  Product Discovery Riskiest Assumption Test |  Product Discovery Learning Card |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When delivery work dissolves into wait times, handoffs, and hidden effort, Value Stream Mapping makes the actual flow visible. The method exposes bottlenecks, idle time, and feedback loops so lead time and improvement levers become tangible. | 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 Learning Card connects traceable test results to a reasoned next action while keeping the limits of the insight visible. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 1-2 Wochen pro Iteration | 25-40 min | 45-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 2-6 | 1-5 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck list | Prioritized Assumption List, Test Plan, Results Report | Learning Card with evidence and next action | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking |
Tagsno overlap | LeanFlowWasteDelivery | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryAssumptions | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation |