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Criterion
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
Paper illustration for Concierge MVP
Product Discovery
Concierge MVP
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Paper illustration of MVP Test Matrix with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
MVP Test Matrix
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 an idea can first fail or grow through genuine hands-on support, it relies on manual work instead of automation. It shows whether user value holds up even under manual execution.When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped.When several minimal variants compete to answer the same question, it makes comparing and choosing between them cleaner. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Test Matrix and a Test Plan.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
20–45 min1-4 Wochen30-90 min45-75 min
Participantsdifferent
Small cross-functional group3-10 Kunden2-82-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption logConcierge Learnings, Service Blueprint, MVP RisksConstraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision BoundariesTest Matrix, Test Plan
Tagsno overlap
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
MVPValidationServiceDiscovery
ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryOptions
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