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Criterion
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Paper illustration of Competency Questions with its method-specific working model.
Knowledge Modeling
Competency Questions
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
Purposedifferent
Leverage Points show exactly where interventions in a system produce a disproportionate effect. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a leverage map and action strategy.Competency Questions translate a domain model into concrete questions that it must be able to answer. The method keeps the model's scope clean and prevents pretty but useless structures.When demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all.The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other.
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Timedifferent
Half day2-4 h1-5 Tage45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-122-8Nutzertraffic2-8
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WorkshopWorkshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Leverage Map, Action StrategyCompetency Question Set, Required Concepts, Test Queries, Coverage MatrixInterest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning NoteAnsoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
OntologyKnowledge graphScopeRequirementsSemantic
ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth
GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio
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