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Product discovery & research · Core

Assumption mapping

Also called: assumption map

ELI5

List the guesses and test the riskiest important ones first.

Used in conversation

“Assumption mapping moved data access ahead of feature discovery.”

Definition

A practice of identifying assumptions and ranking them by importance and evidence.

Here “Assumption mapping” means: A practice of identifying assumptions and ranking them by importance and evidence.

Pitch context

You will see “Assumption mapping” in product strategy decks, roadmaps, experiments and architecture reviews when the discussion reaches product discovery & research.

Why it matters: It helps a reader interpret product discovery & research without confusing the measure, decision, role or evidence being discussed.

Sources & evidence · 2

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.