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A paper-based illustration representing Design Sprint with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Design Sprint
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Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
Purposedifferent
When the product question is unclear and time pressure is high, the method takes a team from an open idea to a testable solution. It connects problem understanding, decision, and learning in one compact format, lowering the risk of spending a lot of energy on a mere guess.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.When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first.
Complexitydifferent
HighMediumMedium
Timedifferent
4-5 Tage1-3 h45-60 min
Participantsdifferent
5-81-82-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Prototype, Test Findings, Decision RationaleArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision RationaleAssumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking
Tagsno overlap
Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation
SensemakingDecisionRationale
AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation
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Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
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