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Criterion
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Agile
Ideal Days
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Facilitation
Dot Estimation
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Product Discovery
Experiment Canvas
Purposedifferent
When effort needs to be thought of as real working time, it offers a simple common denominator for comparison. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Ideal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, and Capacity Caveats.When size or effort can only be estimated roughly, Dot Estimation condenses the group's experience into a quick range. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as an Effort Heatmap, Risk Signals, and Discussion Targets.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.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
15-60 min5-20 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
2-93-201-5
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Ideal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, Capacity CaveatsEffort Heatmap, Risk Signals, Discussion TargetsCompleted Experiment Canvas, Success Metric
Tagsno overlap
EstimationEffortAgile
EstimationEffortRisk
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis
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Test Card
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
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Fake Door Test
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Product Discovery
Hypothesis Prioritization Canvas