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Criterion
Paper illustration of Lean UX Canvas with its method-specific working model.
UX Design
Lean UX Canvas
Causal Loop Diagram workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Causal Loop Diagram
Purposedifferent
The Lean UX Canvas helps clarify user behavior, touchpoints, and concept decisions. It makes assumptions and desired outcomes visible and captures the result as a completed canvas, hypothesis list, and first experiment.A Causal Loop Diagram makes feedback, reinforcement, and balance in a system legible. It uncovers side effects and self-reinforcement that stay hidden in linear explanations.
Complexitysame
MediumMedium
Timedifferent
2-3 h1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
3-82-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Completed Lean UX Canvas, Hypothesis list, First experimentCausal Loop Diagram, Feedback Notes, Leverage Points
Tagsno overlap
CanvasHypothesisOutcomesDiscovery
FeedbackSystems thinkingCausalityDynamics
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Stock and Flow Diagram method illustration showing its working structure
Systems Thinking
Stock and Flow Diagram
Paper illustration for Behavior Over Time Graph.
Systems Thinking
Behavior Over Time Graph
Paper illustration for Current Reality Tree
Systems Thinking
Current Reality Tree
Paper illustration of Experiment Canvas with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
Experiment Canvas