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Appendix B: Questions for the Room

To design evidence

Use these questions once the owner has selected an opportunity or a preparation step. They help you keep the learning small enough to manage and specific enough to inform a decision. Work through the relevant questions in conversation and use the answers to complete the experiment card.

  • What uncertainty blocks the next decision?
  • What is the smallest real test that can reduce it?
  • What one measure matters most?
  • What result would cause us to stop?
  • What result would justify investment?
  • When will we decide?

If you don't yet have a baseline, agree on how to establish it before claiming a target is supported. Finish by checking scope, participation, cost, capacity, guardrails, and the stop rule.