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Criterion
Paper illustration of ICE Scoring with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
ICE Scoring
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Purposedifferent
When ideas need sorting quickly, it condenses impact, confidence, and effort into one compact score. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as an ICE table and top-ideas list.An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable.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.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
30-60 min15-45 min1-5 Tage
Participantsdifferent
2-81-3Nutzertraffic
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncAsync
Outputdifferent
ICE Table, Top Idea ListADR File, Decision Log, RationaleInterest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note
Tagsno overlap
PrioritizationScoringGrowthDecision
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth
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Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments