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Criterion
Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
A paper-based illustration representing Customer Journey Canvas with its core stages and visible working result.
UX Design
Customer Journey Canvas
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Paper illustration of MVP Test Matrix with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
MVP Test Matrix
Purposedifferent
When demand is still unclear, it measures interest in a feature before it is built. It separates real behavior from polite agreement and deliberately keeps build effort small.When a journey needs to be understood across several phases, it arranges experience, touchpoints, and opportunities into one picture. It makes gaps and friction along the user path clear.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.When several minimal variants compete to answer the same question, it makes comparing and choosing between them cleaner. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Test Matrix and a Test Plan.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-5 Tage1-3 h1-5 Tage45-75 min
Participantsdifferent
Nutzertraffic3-10Nutzertraffic2-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Click Data, Interest Signal, Learning DecisionCustomer Journey Canvas, Pain Points, Experience OpportunitiesInterest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning NoteTest Matrix, Test Plan
Tagsno overlap
ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery
JourneyCustomerService designCanvas
ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryOptions
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