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Criterion
Rich Picture workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Rich Picture
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Purposedifferent
A Rich Picture brings an unclear situation onto a shared drawing. It captures actors, tensions, information flows, and blind spots before the team jumps to solutions too early.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.
Complexitysame
LowLow
Timedifferent
30-90 min1-5 Tage
Participantsdifferent
2-10Nutzertraffic
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
Rich Picture, Problem Framing NotesInterest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization
ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth
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Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
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 CATWOE Analysis.
Systems Thinking
CATWOE Analysis