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Criterion
Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
Agile
Affinity Estimation
Paper illustration of a branching tree with an outcome at its root, customer opportunities, solution options and small experiment cards.
Product Discovery
Opportunity Solution Tree
A paper-based illustration representing OKRs with its core stages and visible working result.
Product Strategy
OKRs
Paper illustration of Experiment Canvas with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
Experiment Canvas
Purposedifferent
When many tasks need to be classified quickly, it sorts them by perceived effort and similarity. It reduces the effort of fine-grained estimation for large volumes.When discovery keeps swinging between goals, ideas, and learning loops, it creates clear steering logic. It connects the desired outcome, opportunities, and experiments into a legible structure.When strategic direction needs to become measurable, it connects ambition with checkable results. It makes goals connectable to focus and review.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
30-90 min1-2 h Setup, laufend1-2 h Setup30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-122-62-201-5
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Affinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear ItemsOpportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning LogOKR set, Measurement plan, Review cadenceCompleted Experiment Canvas, Success Metric
Tagsno overlap
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity
GoalsAlignmentOutcomesMeasurement
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis
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