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Paper illustration of Hooked Model with its method-specific working model.
Growth
Hooked Model
Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Purposedifferent
The Hooked Model helps clarify engagement loops, user behavior, and experiments. It makes repeat behavior measurable and captures the result as a hooked loop, trigger map, and reward design.ATAM helps teams weigh architecture decisions when quality goals compete. The team considers business goals, stakeholder expectations, and technical decisions together. The evaluation shows which risks need further investigation.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.
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Timedifferent
Multiple workshops over several weeksSeveral meetings plus preparation and analysis; total effort depends on scope1-5 Tage
Participantsdifferent
2-8Evaluation team, architects, and relevant stakeholdersNutzertraffic
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Hooked loop, Trigger map, Reward design, Ethics checkPrioritized quality scenarios in a utility tree, Architecture risks with reasoning and assumptions, Sensitivity and trade-off points, Findings report with open investigationsInterest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note
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GrowthBehaviorRetention
ArchitectureQualityRiskTradeoffsStakeholders
ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth
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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
Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
Four paper stations connect system purpose, quality goals, risk cards and focused investigation with a target and gap profile.
Architecture
LASR (Lightweight Approach for Software Reviews)