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Criterion
Paper illustration of Working Backwards with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Working Backwards
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Paper illustration for Problem Framing Workshop.
Facilitation
Problem Framing Workshop
Purposedifferent
When the target state and benefit need to be clear first, it thinks backward from the desired outcome into the product logic. It sharpens vision, objections, and value proposition before elaboration.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 a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer.When a team works on symptoms but the real question stays fuzzy, a Problem Framing Workshop sharpens the view of the right problem. It separates observation, interpretation, and target picture from each other.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowLow
Timedifferent
4-8 h, mehrere Iterationen45-90 min60-90 min60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
2-62-84-104-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Future Press Release, FAQ, Vision StatementAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning PlanProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentProblem Statement, Scope Boundaries, Assumption List, Next Analysis Questions
Tagsno overlap
VisionNarrativeAlignment
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
FacilitationAlignmentDiscovery
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