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Criterion
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Paper illustration of a Lean Canvas with nine fields, notes, and one highlighted learning risk.
Product Strategy
Lean Canvas
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 an early product bet still has too many open points, it brings target group, problem, and assumptions into a single view. It condenses the idea so core risks become nameable.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
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Timedifferent
1-5 Tage45-90 min1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
Nutzertraffic1-61-6
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning NoteLean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment BacklogExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summary
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ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth
StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model
ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation
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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 Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
Paper illustration of Lean Startup with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Lean Startup
Paper illustration of Riskiest Assumption Test with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
Riskiest Assumption Test