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Criterion
Systems Mapping method illustration showing its working structure
Systems Thinking
Systems Mapping
Paper illustration of a Test Card with four fields for hypothesis, test, metric, and success threshold.
Product Discovery
Test Card
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
Paper illustration of a Learning Card with four fields for hypothesis, observation, insight, and action.
Product Discovery
Learning Card
Purposedifferent
Systems Mapping arranges elements, relationships, and boundaries so a complex field becomes legible at a glance. The overview stabilizes the overall picture before detail work or steering begins.The Test Card turns a critical assumption into a testable claim and specifies in advance which result counts as success.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.The Learning Card connects traceable test results to a reasoned next action while keeping the limits of the insight visible.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowHighLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h20-35 min1-4 Wochen25-40 min
Participantsdifferent
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Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
System Map, Dependencies, Leverage PointsTest Card with a pre-set thresholdExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summaryLearning Card with evidence and next action
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingMappingBoundariesChange
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis
ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning
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