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Criterion
Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping
Paper illustration of a Lean Canvas with nine fields, notes, and one highlighted learning risk.
Product Strategy
Lean Canvas
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Paper illustration of Business Model Stress Test with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Business Model Stress Test
Purposedifferent
When a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures.When an early product bet still has too many open points, it brings target group, problem, and assumptions into a single view. It condenses the idea so core risks become nameable.Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it.A Business Model Stress Test checks how well a business model holds up under pressure and headwinds. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a stress-test report and action plan per scenario.
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45-90 min45-90 min45-90 minHalf day
Participantsdifferent
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WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
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Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsLean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment BacklogAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning PlanStress Test Report, Action Plan per Scenario
Tagsno overlap
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
StrategyBusiness modelRiskDiagnosis
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