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Criterion
Empathy Mapping
UX Research
Empathy Mapping
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB
Purposedifferent
When a lot is assumed about a target group but little is seen jointly, empathy mapping makes knowledge and gaps directly comparable. The picture also shows which assumptions hold up and where evidence is missing.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 decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer.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.
Complexitysame
LowLowLowLow
Timedifferent
30–60 min45-90 min60-90 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
4-82-84-102-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Empathy Map, Assumptions List, Research GapsAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning PlanProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentDIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning report
Tagsno overlap
SynthesisQualitativeWorkshop
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis
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