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Paper illustration of Pretotyping with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Pretotyping
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
A paper-based illustration representing Design Sprint with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Design Sprint
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 assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first.When the product question is unclear and time pressure is high, the method takes a team from an open idea to a testable solution. It connects problem understanding, decision, and learning in one compact format, lowering the risk of spending a lot of energy on a mere guess.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
Stunden bis wenige Tage45-60 min4-5 Tage
Participantsdifferent
1-42-85-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Pretotyping sketch, Test setup, Conversion data, Go or no-go decisionAssumption map, Test backlog, Risk rankingPrototype, Test Findings, Decision Rationale
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ValidationDemandMVP
AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation
Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation
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Fake Door Test
Paper illustration of Riskiest Assumption Test with a method-specific labelled workspace.
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Riskiest Assumption Test
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
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