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Criterion
Paper illustration of Pretotyping with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Pretotyping
Affinity Diagramming
UX Research
Affinity Diagramming
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
Purposedifferent
Pretotyping clarifies whether a customer problem and solution idea create enough real demand. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence, and captures the result as a pretotyping sketch, test setup, and conversion data.When research notes, feedback, or observations sit unconnected side by side, affinity diagramming sorts the raw material into solid themes. Many individual points turn into patterns that make decisions and opportunities clearer.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowHigh
Timedifferent
Stunden bis wenige Tage45–90 min1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
1-43-101-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
Pretotyping sketch, Test setup, Conversion data, Go or no-go decisionTheme clusters, Insight statements, Opportunity areasExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summary
Tagsno overlap
ValidationDemandMVP
SynthesisQualitativeRoot cause
ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation
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Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
Empathy Mapping
UX Research
Empathy Mapping