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Criterion
Paper illustration of a Test Card with four fields for hypothesis, test, metric, and success threshold.
Product Discovery
Test Card
A structured reflection surfaces what was liked, learned, lacked, and longed for. It is a conversation format and does not validate actions automatically.
Agile
4Ls Retrospective
Paper illustration of Experiment Canvas with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
Experiment Canvas
Paper illustration for Mad Sad Glad
Agile
Mad Sad Glad
Purposedifferent
The Test Card turns a critical assumption into a testable claim and specifies in advance which result counts as success.When a sprint should not only be assessed but also learned from, it captures experience in clear learning categories. It records what worked, what's missing, and what should run differently next time.When experiments become unreadable after the fact, it arranges hypothesis, signal, and learning goal on a single canvas. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Completed Experiment Canvas and a Success Metric.When a team's or workshop's mood needs to become readable, it structures emotional signals with little setup. It makes strain, relief, and sources of energy tangible.
Complexitysame
LowLowLowLow
Timedifferent
20-35 min45–75 min30-60 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
1-5Team members involved1-53-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Test Card with a pre-set threshold4Ls Board, Learning Themes, Improvement ActionsCompleted Experiment Canvas, Success MetricEmotion Board, Themes, Action Items
Tagsno overlap
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis
RetrospectiveLearningReflectionTeam
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis
RetrospectiveTeamReflection
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