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Paper illustration for Solution Interview
Product Discovery
Solution Interview
Paper illustration of GIST Planning with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
GIST Planning
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Purposedifferent
When a solution idea is already on the table, it checks how it is understood and evaluated. It looks for resonance, objections, and missing fit early in the conversation.GIST Planning helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities. It links customer value, product logic, and decision priorities, and captures the result as goals, an idea bank, and a step-project list.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
30-60 min je InterviewWochen bis Monate je Goal1-5 Tage
Participantsdifferent
5-10 Interviews3-10Nutzertraffic
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Solution Feedback, Objection List, Validation NotesGoals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reportsInterest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note
Tagsno overlap
ValidationInterviewsPrototype
RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments
ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth
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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
A paper-based illustration representing Design Sprint with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Design Sprint