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Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Paper illustration of shared options, independently placed voting dots, and a highlighted shortlist.
Facilitation
Dot Voting
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
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 workshop has produced too many options and the group needs to condense quickly, dot voting makes preferences visible in a short time. It bundles individual votes into a solid signal for the next selection.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowHigh
Timedifferent
1-5 Tage5-15 min1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
Nutzertraffic3-201-6
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning NoteRanked list, Consensus signal, ShortlistExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summary
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FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization
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Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
Independent contributions form an ordered group priority list.
Facilitation
Nominal Group Technique
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 of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop