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Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Paper illustration for Risk Storming.
Architecture
Risk Storming
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
Purposedifferent
When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.Helps clarify architecture context, options, and consequences in concrete terms. It organizes technical context, alternatives, and consequences. The result is captured as an Annotated Diagram, a Prioritized Risk List, and an Action Backlog.When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects.
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1-3 h60-90 min1-4 Wochen
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Workshop + asyncWorkshopAsync
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Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision RationaleAnnotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action BacklogExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summary
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Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
Red Teaming method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Red Teaming
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record