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Criterion
Six paper cards show a person moving from a problem through a service flow to a completed outcome.
UX Design
Storyboarding
Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
Purposedifferent
When a usage scenario needs to become understandable early, it condenses situations, context, and flow into a legible sequence. It helps check concept ideas before anything gets built.The PARA Method organizes knowledge into Projects, Areas, Resources, and Archives. It creates order when digital notes, files, and tasks no longer cleanly fit current work.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.
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Timedifferent
30-90 min1-3 h Setup, laufend1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
1-811-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Storyboard, Concept Narrative, Testable AssumptionsPARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summary
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Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke 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
Paper illustration of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept Mapping
A paper-based illustration representing Design Sprint with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Design Sprint