Experiment - Vistaly Knowledge Base

What is an Experiment Card?

Experiments provide evidence to de-risk high-risk assumptions. As a result, they save time, money, and energy by preventing investment in a solution that will give little to no return on investment. Tip: Consider running experiments on assumptions with weak evidence AND would run a high risk of project failure if not correctly understood.

Statuses

Once solution assumptions have been identified, use experiment (assumption test) statuses to communicate how tests are progressing. Experiments support the following statuses:

Stage	Commitment	Description
Developing	In preparation	Experiment design is being created or refined before execution. Methods and metrics are being established.
Pending	Ready for execution	Experiment is fully designed and waiting to be run. All prerequisites are in place.
Running	In progress	Experiment is currently active and collecting data. Results are not yet available.
Failed	Completed (invalidated)	Experiment has concluded and results indicate the assumption was incorrect or not supported by evidence.
Passed	Completed (validated)	Experiment has concluded and results support the original assumption, providing validation.

Learn more

To learn more about how to use experiments with other card types, view the Discovery Space guide.