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Criterion
Paper illustration of a Learning Card with four fields for hypothesis, observation, insight, and action.
Product Discovery
Learning Card
Paper illustration for Root Cause Analysis.
Operations
Root Cause Analysis
Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
A 5 Whys working surface connects an observable problem with evidenced causes, marked uncertainty and concrete countermeasures with ownership.
Operations
5 Whys
Purposedifferent
The Learning Card connects traceable test results to a reasoned next action while keeping the limits of the insight visible.When a problem keeps recurring and the cause stays unclear, the method exposes the underlying mechanism. It separates symptom, guess, and robust explanation from one another.When demand is still unclear, it measures interest in a feature before it is built. It separates real behavior from polite agreement and deliberately keeps build effort small.For a single, hard-to-explain deviation, the method exposes the causal chain behind the visible symptom. It keeps the cause open until a controllable condition emerges instead of a mere description.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
25-40 min1-4 h1-5 Tage15-30 min
Participantsdifferent
1-53-8Nutzertraffic2-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Learning Card with evidence and next actionProblem Statement, Cause Hypotheses, Confirmed Causes, Action PlanClick Data, Interest Signal, Learning DecisionRoot cause notes, Countermeasures
Tagsno overlap
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning
Root causeProblem solvingQualityIncident
ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery
Root causeIncidentLeanProblem solving
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