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Hypothesis
A testable prediction of what a specific change will do and why, written so evidence can prove it wrong.
Say it to an AI
Write the pilot one-pager with the goal, how it works, and a separate 'Assumptions we're betting on' list. Phrase each assumption as a testable hypothesis with how and when we'll check it, riskiest first.
How an expert would brief the stronger version of “Pilot plan one-pager”.
See it
Try it as a puzzle →A startup selling inventory software to restaurants writes the plan for its first paid pilot.
Why: A's 'Suppliers accept orders by plain email; ask all 6 in week 1' is a hypothesis with its test attached.
More ways experts use it
Write this experiment's hypothesis as a falsifiable statement: the change, the audience, one primary metric with its baseline and target, a guardrail metric, and the threshold and duration at which we call it wrong.
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