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Criterion
Paper illustration for Risk Storming.
Architecture
Risk Storming
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
Empathy Mapping
UX Research
Empathy Mapping
Purposedifferent
Helps clarify architecture context, options, and consequences in concrete terms. It organizes technical context, alternatives, and consequences. The result is captured as an Annotated Diagram, a Prioritized Risk List, and an Action Backlog.When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects.When a lot is assumed about a target group but little is seen jointly, empathy mapping makes knowledge and gaps directly comparable. The picture also shows which assumptions hold up and where evidence is missing.
Complexitydifferent
LowHighLow
Timedifferent
60-90 min1-4 Wochen30–60 min
Participantsdifferent
4-121-64-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action BacklogExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summaryEmpathy Map, Assumptions List, Research Gaps
Tagsno overlap
RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation
ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation
SynthesisQualitativeWorkshop
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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 Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Affinity Diagramming
UX Research
Affinity Diagramming
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)