Experiment Cards

Turn big ideas into experiments.

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    Version History

    Version 2.4 December 20, 2023

    • Added back the pre-test decisions due to popular demand

    • Simplified the grey helper text

    • Changed steps 2 & 4 on the Analysis Card to be more understandable

    Version 2.3 November 10, 2022

    • Updated cards based on feedback from Cohort 2 of Designing Product Experiments

    • Added “designed by” at the top

    • Changed Experiment Retro Card to the Analysis Card

    • Added simpler helper text to the Analysis Card

    • Updated prompts below target metrics

    Version 2.2 September 7, 2022

    • Added prompts for statistical significance and control group on Experiment Card

    • Added prompt for the 3 outcomes of an experiment on Experiment Card

    • Made recap simpler so you can copy/paste from the Experiment Card to the Retro Card

    • Shifted the layout of steps 2-4 of the Experiment Retro Card to encourage connected decisions with observations and inferences

    Version 2.1 September 7, 2022

    • Added A4 print version in the download package

    • Removed “Default Actions” as many people found the concept confusing and limiting

    • Changed “Evaluation Metrics” to “Target Metrics” to provide a target for the experiment instead of the Default Actions

    • Added a place to note when you will start and stop measuring

    • Added a place for the resulting data so that the experiment planning and results could be on the same card, allowing for easier scanning later

    • Changed “Learning Card” to “Experiment Retro Card”

    Version 1.4 March 30, 2022

    • Simplified hypothesis descriptors for clearer description of cause and effect

    • Added prompts to encourage quick and dirty prototyping for “Test Setup”

    • Added prompts for better evaluation metrics in “Evaluation Metrics”

    • Changed “Learning & Insights” to Inferences and “Retrospective” to “Next Steps” in the Learning Card

    Version 1.3 December 4, 2021

    • Added prompts for the 4 types of assumptions based on research

    • Added space for sections 3 & 4 based on expert feedback

    Version 1.2 November 23, 2021

    • Split sections 3 & 4 to be beneath hypothesis to match cause with effect

    • Added prompts for all sections based on class feedback

    Version 1.1 November 7, 2021

    • First public version released after extensive testing!

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