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Criterion
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Agile
WSJF
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Delivery
Cost of Delay
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Product Discovery
Riskiest Assumption Test
Purposedifferent
When many tasks compete for the same capacity, it orders work by economic impact. It makes time lost, benefit, and effort comparable together.Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence.When an idea hinges on one critical unknown, it prioritizes testing that exact piece of uncertainty first. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a prioritized list of assumptions, a test plan, and a result report.
Complexitydifferent
HighHighMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 min90-180 min1-2 Wochen pro Iteration
Participantsdifferent
3-103-82-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Ranked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay AssumptionsCoD Table, Prioritization SequencePrioritized Assumption List, Test Plan, Results Report
Tagsno overlap
LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization
PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryAssumptions
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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 of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
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Product Discovery
Experiment Canvas
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Product Discovery
Fake Door Test