Hypothesis

Build a culture of asking questions and proposing proposed explanation based on the limited information available before delving into complex problems.

Here’s how you write: “If we change… (action), then we will see… (result), because… (clarify rationale).

The details: Hypotheses are generated by human intuition based on the collective intelligence and experience of stakeholders and their understanding of the business and their environment. This is often generated by asking questions:

• What are you trying to do?
• What is happening that is not supposed to happen?
• What could drive it?
• Why is it happening?
• What is happening?
• Why is it happening?
• What are your hunches?
• What opportunity are you exploring?
• What problem are you looking to solve?
• Are their gaps in your knowledge that you are trying to fill-in?

Related: Experiment-driven Development