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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Working Backwards |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Decision Making Decision Framing Workshop |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When the target state and benefit need to be clear first, it thinks backward from the desired outcome into the product logic. It sharpens vision, objections, and value proposition before elaboration. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. | When a decision is poorly framed, even good answers deliver little value. A Decision Framing Workshop sharpens the problem, goal, and boundaries before the actual weighing begins. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 4-8 h, mehrere Iterationen | 45-90 min | 60-120 min | 45-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 2-8 | 4-10 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Future Press Release, FAQ, Vision Statement | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Decision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence Plan | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking |
Tagsno overlap | VisionNarrativeAlignment | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation |