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Criterion
A paper-based illustration representing OKRs with its core stages and visible working result.
Product Strategy
OKRs
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Paper objective sheet with five SMART fields, baseline, target, owner, deadline and a complete result statement.
Product Strategy
SMART Goals
Purposedifferent
When strategic direction needs to become measurable, it connects ambition with checkable results. It makes goals connectable to focus and review.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.When goals are formulated too generally, it brings measurability, direction, and timing into shape. It prevents intentions from staying without clear verification.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-2 h Setup45-90 min15-30 min
Participantsdifferent
2-202-81-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
OKR set, Measurement plan, Review cadenceAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning PlanSMART Goal, Measurement Note, Deadline
Tagsno overlap
GoalsAlignmentOutcomesMeasurement
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
GoalsPlanningMeasurementAlignment
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A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis