tool-foundation-sprint-magic-lenses

Run Magic Lenses on Day 2 afternoon after Approach Options is signed. Score each of the 3-7 candidate approaches across the 4 classic lenses plus at least 1 custom lens, review patterns, then have the Decider supervote a top bet and name a backup within the 105-minute timebox.

The four classic lenses are customer, pragmatic, growth, and money. Each asks a distinct question about customer appeal, shipping feasibility, word-of-mouth potential, and revenue path. At least one team-specific custom lens is also required.

Skip it when Approach Options is unresolved or has fewer than 3 candidates, when the team has already pre-committed to a top bet, or when the team is too exhausted to evaluate clearly. It is a sense-making exercise, not a rubber stamp.

Without an explicit backup, invalidation of the top bet sends the team back to ambiguous debate. The backup must be a strategically distinct direction, not an iteration of the top bet, so the team has a real pivot path if validation fails.

No. Approaches are plotted qualitatively on 2x2 charts of value versus feasibility rather than given numeric scores. Arguing over arbitrary precision like 3.7 versus 3.8 signals the team has confused sense-making with math.