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Criterion
A paper-based illustration representing Design Sprint with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Design Sprint
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UX Research
User Interviews
Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
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 teams derive needs only from assumptions and real motives are missing, user interviews give direct access to behavior and meaning. Conversations from the target group's everyday life make patterns, tensions, and open questions solidly visible.When demand is still unclear, it measures interest in a feature before it is built. It separates real behavior from polite agreement and deliberately keeps build effort small.
Complexitydifferent
HighLowMedium
Timedifferent
4-5 Tage30–60 min per interview1-5 Tage
Participantsdifferent
5-81 participant per interviewNutzertraffic
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Prototype, Test Findings, Decision RationaleInterview Notes, Themes, Insight SummaryClick Data, Interest Signal, Learning Decision
Tagsno overlap
Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation
QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery
ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery
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Design Thinking as a learning loop: an observation notebook, a focused problem statement, different idea sketches, a cardboard prototype and user-test notes. Feedback leads to new understanding.
Innovation
Design Thinking
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Product Discovery
Experiment Canvas
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Product Discovery
Learning Card
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Product Discovery
MVP Test Matrix