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Criterion
Paper illustration for Ideal Days.
Agile
Ideal Days
Paper illustration for Flywheel.
Growth
Flywheel
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
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.Growth often breaks down where a reinforcing mechanism builds up too much friction. A Flywheel shows the cycle of value, repetition, and reinforcement meant to sustain growth.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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Timedifferent
15-60 min60-120 min1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
2-93-81-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
Ideal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, Capacity CaveatsFlywheel Map, Friction Points, Growth Levers, Experiment BacklogExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summary
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EstimationEffortAgile
GrowthRetentionConversion
ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation
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Funnel Analysis workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
Funnel Analysis
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 Dot Estimation.
Facilitation
Dot Estimation