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Criterion
Paper illustration of Pretotyping with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Pretotyping
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Innovation
Rapid Ideation
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 a decision needs to be prepared quickly, the method generates many solution-close variants in a short time. It deliberately relies on pace to undercut self-censorship and perfectionism. This quickly produces a usable field for prioritization and further work.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
LowLowHigh
Timedifferent
Stunden bis wenige Tage5-20 min4-5 Tage
Participantsdifferent
1-41-205-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Pretotyping sketch, Test setup, Conversion data, Go or no-go decisionIdeenpool, Roh-Shortlist, ClusterPrototype, Test Findings, Decision Rationale
Tagsno overlap
ValidationDemandMVP
BrainstormingIdeationDivergenceSpeed
Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation
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Innovation
Brainstorming
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Innovation
Lotus Blossom