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Criterion
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UX Design
Design Studio
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
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Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Purposedifferent
When several designs need to be quickly put in relation to each other, it makes ideas visible and comparable. It encourages early variants instead of long upfront debates.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.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h1-4 Wochen1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
3-81-61-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summaryArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale
Tagsno overlap
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation
SensemakingDecisionRationale
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Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
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Assumption Mapping
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Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop
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Innovation
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