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Criterion
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
A paper-based illustration representing Bounded Context Canvas with its core stages and visible working result.
Domain Modeling
Bounded Context Canvas
Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
Purposedifferent
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.When a business context is still loosely outlined, it shapes language, responsibility, and integration space. It clarifies what belongs together and where a boundary needs to hold.The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-5 Tage1-3 h45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
Nutzertraffic3-82-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning NoteContext Canvas, Glossary, Integration NotesAnsoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth
Domain-Driven DesignBoundariesModeling
GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio
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Context Map workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Domain Modeling
Context Map
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