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Criterion
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Paper illustration of a decision table with criteria rows, weighted ratings, and a narrowly leading alternative.
Decision Making
Decision Matrix
Paper illustration of a Learning Card with four fields for hypothesis, observation, insight, and action.
Product Discovery
Learning Card
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 several options collide with several criteria, comparison quickly becomes subjective. A Decision Matrix makes the trade-off visible and brings weighting, criteria, and options into a shared logic.The Learning Card connects traceable test results to a reasoned next action while keeping the limits of the insight visible.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-5 Tage45-90 min25-40 min
Participantsdifferent
Nutzertraffic2-81-5
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning NoteDecision Matrix, Scoring Rationale, Selected OptionLearning Card with evidence and next action
Tagsno overlap
ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth
DecisionCriteriaScoringTradeoffs
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning
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Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
Paper illustration of Experiment Canvas with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
Experiment Canvas
Growth Experiment workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
Growth Experiment