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| Criterion |  Business Strategy VRIO Framework |  Product Discovery Riskiest Assumption Test |  Product Discovery Test Card |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The VRIO Framework rates resources and capabilities on whether they are Valuable, Rare, Inimitable, and Organized. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a VRIO table and strategic actions. | 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. | 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 | 90-180 min | 1-2 Wochen pro Iteration | 20-35 min | 45-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-6 | 2-6 | 1-5 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | VRIO Table, Strategic Actions | Prioritized Assumption List, Test Plan, Results Report | Test Card with a pre-set threshold | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyDiagnosisBusiness modelCapability | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryAssumptions | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation |