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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Working Backwards |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  Decision Making Decision Framing Workshop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped. | In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 4-8 h, mehrere Iterationen | 30-90 min | 20–45 min | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 2-8 | Small cross-functional group | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Future Press Release, FAQ, Vision Statement | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | Decision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence Plan |
Tagsno overlap | VisionNarrativeAlignment | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions |