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Criterion
Gemba Walk workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
Gemba Walk
Paper illustration of Experiment Canvas with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
Experiment Canvas
Paper illustration of a Learning Card with four fields for hypothesis, observation, insight, and action.
Product Discovery
Learning Card
Purposedifferent
When there is uncertainty about the real course of a process, the method brings observation to the place where work happens. It combines perception, follow-up questions, and process knowledge so decisions rest on actual workflows instead of assumptions.When experiments become unreadable after the fact, it arranges hypothesis, signal, and learning goal on a single canvas. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Completed Experiment Canvas and a Success Metric.The Learning Card connects traceable test results to a reasoned next action while keeping the limits of the insight visible.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
30-120 min30-60 min25-40 min
Participantsdifferent
2-61-51-5
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Observation Notes, Improvement IdeasCompleted Experiment Canvas, Success MetricLearning Card with evidence and next action
Tagsno overlap
LeanObservationProcessOperations
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning
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Paper illustration of a Test Card with four fields for hypothesis, test, metric, and success threshold.
Product Discovery
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Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
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Fake Door Test
Paper illustration of Hypothesis Prioritization Canvas with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
Hypothesis Prioritization Canvas
Paper illustration of MVP Test Matrix with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
MVP Test Matrix