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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 of a decision table with criteria rows, weighted ratings, and a narrowly leading alternative.
Decision Making
Decision Matrix
Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
Paper illustration of a Learning Card with four fields for hypothesis, observation, insight, and action.
Product Discovery
Learning Card
Purposedifferent
The Test Card turns a critical assumption into a testable claim and specifies in advance which result counts as success.When several options collide with several criteria, comparison quickly becomes subjective. A Decision Matrix makes the trade-off visible and brings weighting, criteria, and options into a shared logic.When demand is still unclear, it measures interest in a feature before it is built. It separates real behavior from polite agreement and deliberately keeps build effort small.The Learning Card connects traceable test results to a reasoned next action while keeping the limits of the insight visible.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
20-35 min45-90 min1-5 Tage25-40 min
Participantsdifferent
1-52-8Nutzertraffic1-5
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Test Card with a pre-set thresholdDecision Matrix, Scoring Rationale, Selected OptionClick Data, Interest Signal, Learning DecisionLearning Card with evidence and next action
Tagsno overlap
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis
DecisionCriteriaScoringTradeoffs
ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning
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