Identify and Test Assumptions

When to Use

• Validating ideas before investing in development
• After Create Opportunities or Synthesize Snapshots, and around Generate Solutions
• When a new initiative needs systematic risk assessment

Input

• Required: Prioritized opportunities from opportunities/, solution sketches from solutions/, interview snapshots/synthesis
• Context: company-level-context/ for OKR and strategy alignment
• Minimum: 1 target opportunity with evidence + 2-3 candidate solutions (or 1 solution with key user journeys)

Output

• Format: Markdown, saved to assumptions/ (the initiative's assumptions/ directory)
• Filename: assumptions-[opportunity-name]-v[version].md (kebab-case, auto-increment; never overwrite prior versions)

Process