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A guide for mentees: Assumption Map for Mentees

What the Assumption Map is, how to fill it in and what happens next.

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What this guide covers

What this guide covers

What it is

What has to be true

You list what must be true for your idea to work and rate each one.

Why it helps

Test the riskiest guess first

Seeing every assumption at once shows which one to test before you build.

  • Not a test there are no right answers
  • Doubt is fine 5 means no evidence yet
  • Up to three tests small enough to run soon

Filling it in

Twenty minutes, one idea

Write the idea, list what must be true, then plan tests.

List and rate each one

Rate how important it is and how little you know.

See the top-right corner

Important and untested ones sit there; drag a dot to adjust.

Plan a test for the riskiest

Decide what counts as success before you start.

List and rate each one

Rate how important it is and how little you know.

See the top-right corner

Important and untested ones sit there; drag a dot to adjust.

Plan a test for the riskiest

Decide what counts as success before you start.

On Mentornity

Find it, fill it in, send it

Your mentor’s tool waits on your home page until you send it.

Find it on your home page

Tools to fill in shows what was sent, and by whom.

Stop whenever you like

Your answers are saved as you go.

Check, then send

Before you send, you see any step left empty.

Find it on your home page

Tools to fill in shows what was sent, and by whom.

Stop whenever you like

Your answers are saved as you go.

Check, then send

Before you send, you see any step left empty.

What happens next

You pick the tests together

Your mentor reads the map, comments and agrees next steps with you.

  • Only you two program admins do not see the answers
  • Comments on any part of it
  • Next steps who does what, by when
  • Still editable change answers after sending

Map it before you build

Twenty minutes is enough, so bring your riskiest assumption to the meeting.

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