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Criterion
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
Agile
Affinity Estimation
Purposedifferent
In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures.When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects.When many tasks need to be classified quickly, it sorts them by perceived effort and similarity. It reduces the effort of fine-grained estimation for large volumes.
Complexitydifferent
LowHighMedium
Timedifferent
20–45 min1-4 Wochen30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
Small cross-functional group1-63-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption logExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summaryAffinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear Items
Tagsno overlap
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
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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 Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing