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Criterion
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
Paper illustration for Contradiction Analysis.
Innovation
Contradiction Analysis
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
Paper illustration for TRIZ
Innovation
TRIZ
Purposedifferent
When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first.When a system should improve while another measure suffers as a result, the method makes the underlying conflict precisely formulable. It separates the desired effect from its side effect. This makes solutions possible that address the contradiction deliberately instead of half-heartedly.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.For technical contradictions or trade-offs, the method looks for solutions that resolve opposing requirements at the same time. It translates limits into an explicit picture of conflict that becomes workable. This produces not just compromises but more elegant principles.
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45-60 min60-120 min1-4 Wochen1-4 h
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Workshop + asyncWorkshopAsyncWorkshop + async
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Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk rankingContradiction Statement, Abstraction Notes, Solution Principles, Concept IdeasExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summaryContradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution Concepts
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AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation
ContradictionsInnovationProblem solving
ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation
InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity
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