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| Criterion |  Operations Visual Management |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Systems Thinking Evaporating Cloud |  Growth A/B Testing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | With high tempo and many parallel topics, the method makes status, deviations, and priorities visible at a glance. It reduces search effort and prevents what matters from getting lost in daily work. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict. | When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | Ongoing | 45-60 min | 60-120 min | 1-4 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 1-20 | 2-8 | 2-8 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async |
Outputdifferent | Visual Board, Status Indicators, Exception Cues | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary |
Tagsno overlap | SignalsOperationsVisual management | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation |