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Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Paper illustration of VRIO Framework with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
VRIO Framework
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
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.The VRIO Framework rates resources and capabilities on whether they are Valuable, Rare, Inimitable, and Organized. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a VRIO table and strategic actions.When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-5 Tage90-180 min45-60 min
Participantsdifferent
Nutzertraffic3-62-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning NoteVRIO Table, Strategic ActionsAssumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking
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ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth
StrategyDiagnosisBusiness modelCapability
AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation
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Paper illustration of Business Model Stress Test with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Business Model Stress Test
Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
Paper illustration of Riskiest Assumption Test with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
Riskiest Assumption Test