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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 Hypothesis Prioritization Canvas with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
Hypothesis Prioritization Canvas
Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
Purposedifferent
The Test Card turns a critical assumption into a testable claim and specifies in advance which result counts as success.When many hypotheses compete for attention, it brings order to their learning sequence and importance. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a prioritization canvas and a hypothesis backlog.ATAM helps teams weigh architecture decisions when quality goals compete. The team considers business goals, stakeholder expectations, and technical decisions together. The evaluation shows which risks need further investigation.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumHighMedium
Timedifferent
20-35 min60-90 minSeveral meetings plus preparation and analysis; total effort depends on scope1-5 Tage
Participantsdifferent
1-53-8Evaluation team, architects, and relevant stakeholdersNutzertraffic
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Test Card with a pre-set thresholdPrioritization Canvas, Hypothesis BacklogPrioritized quality scenarios in a utility tree, Architecture risks with reasoning and assumptions, Sensitivity and trade-off points, Findings report with open investigationsClick Data, Interest Signal, Learning Decision
Tagsno overlap
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis
ExperimentsPrioritizationDiscoveryHypothesis
ArchitectureQualityRiskTradeoffsStakeholders
ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery
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