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Criterion
Paper illustration for Wideband Delphi.
Decision Making
Wideband Delphi
Context Map workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Domain Modeling
Context Map
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
Purposedifferent
A single opinion rarely holds up for planning when the future is genuinely uncertain. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as an Estimate Range, Assumption Log, and Expert Consensus Notes.When several contexts need to talk to each other, it makes their relationships and dependencies legible. It helps sort integration pressure and responsibilities across system boundaries.Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it.When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first.
Complexitydifferent
HighMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-4 h or multiple rounds1-3 h45-90 min45-60 min
Participantsdifferent
4-12 Experten2-82-82-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Estimate Range, Assumption Log, Expert Consensus NotesContext Map, Integration Patterns, Boundary NotesAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning PlanAssumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking
Tagsno overlap
EstimationExpertsForecasting
Domain-Driven DesignBoundariesStrategy
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation
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