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Criterion
Surveys method illustration showing its working structure
UX Research
Surveys
Paper illustration for Risk Storming.
Architecture
Risk Storming
Paper illustration of a Test Card with four fields for hypothesis, test, metric, and success threshold.
Product Discovery
Test Card
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 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.Helps clarify architecture context, options, and consequences in concrete terms. It organizes technical context, alternatives, and consequences. The result is captured as an Annotated Diagram, a Prioritized Risk List, and an Action Backlog.The Test Card turns a critical assumption into a testable claim and specifies in advance which result counts as success.When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
3-14 Tage60-90 min20-35 min45-60 min
Participantsdifferent
50+4-121-52-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Survey Results, Charts, Segment InsightsAnnotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action BacklogTest Card with a pre-set thresholdAssumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking
Tags1 shared
QuantitativeResearchValidation
RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis
AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation
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