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Criterion
Visual Management workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
Visual Management
Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
A3 Problem-Solving workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
A3 Problem Solving
Purposedifferent
With high tempo and many parallel topics, the method makes status, deviations, and priorities visible at a glance. It reduces search effort and prevents what matters from getting lost in daily work.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.For a complex deviation with several people involved, the method bundles problem, analysis, and decision onto one page. It creates a shared working space where causes, countermeasures, and follow-up fit together.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
Ongoing1-5 Tage45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1-20Nutzertraffic2-5
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Visual Board, Status Indicators, Exception CuesClick Data, Interest Signal, Learning DecisionA3 Report, Action Plan, Root Cause Analysis
Tagsno overlap
SignalsOperationsVisual management
ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery
LeanProblem solvingCoachingOperations
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Paper illustration of Experiment Canvas with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
Experiment Canvas
Paper illustration of a Learning Card with four fields for hypothesis, observation, insight, and action.
Product Discovery
Learning Card
Paper illustration of MVP Test Matrix with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
MVP Test Matrix
Paper illustration of Riskiest Assumption Test with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
Riskiest Assumption Test