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Criterion
Paper radar with five axes, two current and target profiles, and evidence cards beside each dimension.
Decision Making
Radar
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Purposedifferent
When capabilities, maturity levels, or market positions need to be compared across several dimensions, overview is easily lost. Radar brings different characteristics into a shared picture and shows patterns faster than tables do.Shape Up helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow. It makes work boundaries and decisions explicit and captures results as pitches, bet-table decisions, and hill charts.When demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-2 h6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down1-5 Tage
Participantsdifferent
2-102-4 pro PitchNutzertraffic
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Radar Map, Capability Scores, Action AreasPitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesInterest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note
Tagsno overlap
AssessmentPortfolioCapability
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth
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Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
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Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping