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Criterion
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
A paper-based illustration representing Design Sprint with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Design Sprint
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Purposedifferent
Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.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.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
LowHighLow
Timedifferent
30 min Setup, dann laufend4-5 Tage1-5 Tage
Participantsdifferent
1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone5-8Nutzertraffic
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
RAID Log, Status Report SourcePrototype, Test Findings, Decision RationaleInterest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note
Tagsno overlap
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation
ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth
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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 for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)