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Criterion
Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB
Paper illustration for Reverse Brainstorming
Innovation
Reverse Brainstorming
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
Purposedifferent
DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report.For persistent errors or blockages, the method shifts the view to the opposite of the desired effect. It exposes the mechanics of failure and makes hidden causes easier to grasp. This makes improvement more concrete and the problem clearer.Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it.When a team faces an open question with many obvious directions, the method first creates breadth instead of premature commitment. It separates idea flow from evaluation and makes lines of thought visible, creating a pool for selection and further development.
Complexitysame
LowLowLowLow
Timedifferent
1-2 h30-60 min45-90 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
2-83-122-84-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
DIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning reportReverse Ideas, Risk Themes, Solution IdeasAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning PlanIdea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityRisk
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence
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