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Criterion
Visual Management workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
Visual Management
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Paper illustration for Dot Estimation.
Facilitation
Dot Estimation
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 only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all.When size or effort can only be estimated roughly, Dot Estimation condenses the group's experience into a quick range. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as an Effort Heatmap, Risk Signals, and Discussion Targets.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
Ongoing1-5 Tage5-20 min
Participantsdifferent
1-20Nutzertraffic3-20
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Visual Board, Status Indicators, Exception CuesInterest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning NoteEffort Heatmap, Risk Signals, Discussion Targets
Tagsno overlap
SignalsOperationsVisual management
ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth
EstimationEffortRisk
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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 for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
Paper illustration of Experiment Canvas with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
Experiment Canvas