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Criterion
Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future Reality Tree
Paper illustration of Five-Minute VC Check with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
5-Minuten VC-Check
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
Purposedifferent
A Future Reality Tree shows how desired actions are meant to lead to a better system state. The method checks whether a path of change holds together logically before time flows into implementation.The 5-Minute VC Check clarifies opportunities and strategic options at the earliest idea stage. It compares problem quality, customer willingness to pay, alternatives, differentiation, and market potential, and captures the result as a VC-check note, go/sharpen/park decision, and risk list.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.
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HighLowHigh
Timedifferent
2-4 h5-15 min1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
3-81-51-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Future Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved InjectionsVC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation stepExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summary
Tagsno overlap
Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange
StartupValidationCompetition
ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation
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Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
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 for Evaporating Cloud.
Systems Thinking
Evaporating Cloud
Paper illustration of Experiment Canvas with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
Experiment Canvas