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Criterion
Surveys method illustration showing its working structure
UX Research
Surveys
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Purposedifferent
When a topic needs to be validated broadly and many people can answer the same question, surveys gather structured feedback in a scalable form. Answers become comparable and segmentable instead of remaining merely anecdotal.In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures.When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
3-14 Tage20–45 min30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
50+Small cross-functional group2-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Survey Results, Charts, Segment InsightsRisk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption logConstraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries
Tagsno overlap
QuantitativeResearchValidation
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions
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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 of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision Tree
Paper illustration for Failure Scenario Analysis.
Engineering
Failure Scenario Analysis