Primary Experiment Template

Use this template to conduct the primary experiment represented by a complete diamond

Primary Experiments

Each primary experiment is one diamond in the triple diamond framework. The primary experiments are

  • People access
  • Pain validation
  • Solution validation and testing with prototypes

Every Supporting Experiment should be linked in your Primary Experiment document and tracked in your Experiment Log Tracker.

  • Primary Experiment Template documents your full inquiry into expeditionary innovation unknowns. It will often include multiple forms of data collection and synthesis over time.
  • Supporting Experiment Template documents each individual exploratory, confirmatory, or technical experiment. These are the building blocks that generate evidence, insight, or surprise.

General Info

  • Title: [Descriptive Name]
  • Date(s):
  • Team Members Involved:

1. Clarify the Unknown

  • Most Urgent Unknown: What uncertainty are you trying to reduce?
  • Other Urgent Unknowns: Why is this one most pressing?

2. Modalities and Data Sources

  • Modalities Used (e.g., Interviews, Observations, Social Media, etc.):
  • Supporting Experiment Logs: (Link to supporting experiment docs)
  • Why this mix? What makes this combination appropriate for the unknown?

3. Synthesis of Design and Implementation

  • What kinds of people or data sources were targeted?
  • Sampling challenges or bias concerns?
  • Key notes across different collection types?

4. Summary of Results and Patterns

  • Summarize major insights, themes, or findings
  • Were there convergences or contradictions?
  • Refer to supporting experiment docs for detail

5. Knowledge Updating

  • What do you now believe more strongly?
  • What surprised you?
  • How confident are you? Why?
  • Did this lead to a new hypothesis, persona, need statement, or opportunity?

6. Next Steps

  • What follow-up experiment or decision does this point to?