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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking Wardley Mapping |  Product Discovery Experiment Canvas |  Product Discovery Test Card |  Product Discovery Learning Card |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Wardley Mapping makes visible where an offering stands today and where it can evolve. The method connects user need, value chain, and evolution stages into a strategic basis for platform, build, or buy decisions. | When experiments become unreadable after the fact, it arranges hypothesis, signal, and learning goal on a single canvas. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Completed Experiment Canvas and a Success Metric. | The Test Card turns a critical assumption into a testable claim and specifies in advance which result counts as success. | The Learning Card connects traceable test results to a reasoned next action while keeping the limits of the insight visible. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 30-60 min | 20-35 min | 25-40 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-10 | 1-5 | 1-5 | 1-5 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Wardley Map, Strategic Options, Evolution Notes | Completed Experiment Canvas, Success Metric | Test Card with a pre-set threshold | Learning Card with evidence and next action |
Tagsno overlap | StrategySystems thinkingDynamics | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning |