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Criterion
Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
Paper illustration of a Lean Canvas with nine fields, notes, and one highlighted learning risk.
Product Strategy
Lean Canvas
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
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 an early product bet still has too many open points, it brings target group, problem, and assumptions into a single view. It condenses the idea so core risks become nameable.When demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h45-90 min1-5 Tage
Participantsdifferent
3-81-6Nutzertraffic
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsLean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment BacklogInterest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note
Tagsno overlap
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model
ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth
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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
Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
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Innovation
Lean Startup