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Criterion
Paper illustration of Product Kata with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Product Kata
A3 Problem-Solving workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
A3 Problem Solving
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
Paper illustration of a Learning Card with four fields for hypothesis, observation, insight, and action.
Product Discovery
Learning Card
Purposedifferent
Product Kata helps clarify customer problems, solution ideas, and evidence through a repeatable improvement routine. It captures direction, current metric, target metric, experiment notes, and learning.For a complex deviation with several people involved, the method bundles problem, analysis, and decision onto one page. It creates a shared working space where causes, countermeasures, and follow-up fit together.When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first.The Learning Card connects traceable test results to a reasoned next action while keeping the limits of the insight visible.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-2 Wochen je Loop45-90 min45-60 min25-40 min
Participantsdifferent
3-102-52-81-5
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Direction, Current metric, Target metric, Experiment note, Learning reportA3 Report, Action Plan, Root Cause AnalysisAssumption map, Test backlog, Risk rankingLearning Card with evidence and next action
Tagsno overlap
OutcomesDiscoveryLearningIterationCoaching
LeanProblem solvingCoachingOperations
AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning
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