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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
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of Riskiest Assumption Test with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
Riskiest Assumption Test
Purposedifferent
The Test Card turns a critical assumption into a testable claim and specifies in advance which result counts as success.When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.When an idea hinges on one critical unknown, it prioritizes testing that exact piece of uncertainty first. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a prioritized list of assumptions, a test plan, and a result report.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
20-35 min1-2 h1-2 Wochen pro Iteration
Participantsdifferent
1-54-122-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Test Card with a pre-set thresholdAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsPrioritized Assumption List, Test Plan, Results Report
Tagsno overlap
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryAssumptions
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Paper illustration of Experiment Canvas with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
Experiment Canvas
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 DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB
Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test