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Criterion
Paper illustration for Fault Isolation.
Engineering
Fault Isolation
Paper illustration of Pretotyping with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Pretotyping
Paper illustration for Risk Storming.
Architecture
Risk Storming
Purposedifferent
In technical failures, the visible symptom often gets mixed up with the actual cause. Fault Isolation narrows the fault space and progressively reduces which part of the system is truly affected.Pretotyping clarifies whether a customer problem and solution idea create enough real demand. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence, and captures the result as a pretotyping sketch, test setup, and conversion data.Helps clarify architecture context, options, and consequences in concrete terms. It organizes technical context, alternatives, and consequences. The result is captured as an Annotated Diagram, a Prioritized Risk List, and an Action Backlog.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
30-180 minStunden bis wenige Tage60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1-61-44-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Fault Isolation Map, Test Log, Excluded Hypotheses, Narrowed Fault AreaPretotyping sketch, Test setup, Conversion data, Go or no-go decisionAnnotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog
Tagsno overlap
TroubleshootingDiagnosisEngineering
ValidationDemandMVP
RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation
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Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
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: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
Paper illustration of Business Model Stress Test with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Business Model Stress Test