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Criterion
Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
Agile
Affinity Estimation
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Paper illustration for Bucket System.
Agile
Bucket System
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 demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all.When a large batch of work needs a fast, rough estimate, it sorts items into predefined size buckets. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a Bucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, and Split Candidates.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
30-90 min1-5 Tage30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-12Nutzertraffic3-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Affinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear ItemsInterest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning NoteBucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, Split Candidates
Tagsno overlap
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
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Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
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Product Discovery
Experiment Canvas