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Criterion
Paper illustration of Pretotyping with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Pretotyping
Paper illustration of a branching category tree with a highlighted search path and possible dead ends.
UX Research
Tree Testing
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
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 navigation exists but search paths still fail, tree testing checks findability without visual distraction. The method shows whether labels, levels, and paths really lead to the intended destination.When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
Stunden bis wenige Tage1-2 Tage45-60 min
Participantsdifferent
1-4Based on research question2-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Pretotyping sketch, Test setup, Conversion data, Go or no-go decisionFindability Metrics, Path Analysis, Revised IAAssumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking
Tagsno overlap
ValidationDemandMVP
Information architectureNavigationFindability
AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation
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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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