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Empathy Mapping
UX Research
Empathy Mapping
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
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.In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowHigh
Timedifferent
30–60 min20–45 min1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
4-8Small cross-functional group1-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
Empathy Map, Assumptions List, Research GapsRisk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption logExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summary
Tagsno overlap
SynthesisQualitativeWorkshop
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation
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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
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Architecture
Risk Storming
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Affinity Diagramming
UX Research
Affinity Diagramming