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Criterion
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Architecture
Risk Storming
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Operations
Getting Things Done
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Product Discovery
Riskiest Assumption Test
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.With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory.When an idea hinges on one critical unknown, it prioritizes testing that exact piece of uncertainty first. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a prioritized list of assumptions, a test plan, and a result report.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
60-90 min1-2 h Setup, laufend1-2 Wochen pro Iteration
Participantsdifferent
4-1212-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action BacklogAction Lists, Project List, Review RoutinePrioritized Assumption List, Test Plan, Results Report
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RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryAssumptions
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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
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
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Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
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Product Discovery
Experiment Canvas