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Process Mapping method illustration showing its working structure
Operations
Process Mapping
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Paper illustration of a Learning Card with four fields for hypothesis, observation, insight, and action.
Product Discovery
Learning Card
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
With a confusing workflow that has many handoffs, the method makes the actual process visible. It shows where work is passed on, delayed, or duplicated, so improvement targets the right spots.Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it.The Learning Card connects traceable test results to a reasoned next action while keeping the limits of the insight visible.When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h45-90 min25-40 min45-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-102-81-52-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Process Map, Handoff List, Improvement BacklogAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning PlanLearning Card with evidence and next actionAssumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking
Tagsno overlap
ProcessOperationsImprovement
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning
AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation
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