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Criterion
Paper illustration of Pretotyping with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Pretotyping
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 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
LowHigh
Timedifferent
Stunden bis wenige Tage4-5 Tage
Participantsdifferent
1-45-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Pretotyping sketch, Test setup, Conversion data, Go or no-go decisionPrototype, Test Findings, Decision Rationale
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ValidationDemandMVP
Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation
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Design Thinking as a learning loop: an observation notebook, a focused problem statement, different idea sketches, a cardboard prototype and user-test notes. Feedback leads to new understanding.
Innovation
Design Thinking
Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
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Innovation
Lean Startup
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
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