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Criterion
Paper illustration for Mad Sad Glad
Agile
Mad Sad Glad
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Purposedifferent
When a team's or workshop's mood needs to become readable, it structures emotional signals with little setup. It makes strain, relief, and sources of energy tangible.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.
Complexitysame
LowLow
Timedifferent
30-60 min1-5 Tage
Participantsdifferent
3-10Nutzertraffic
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
Emotion Board, Themes, Action ItemsInterest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note
Tagsno overlap
RetrospectiveTeamReflection
ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth
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A structured reflection surfaces what was liked, learned, lacked, and longed for. It is a conversation format and does not validate actions automatically.
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4Ls Retrospective
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