# Foundation Sprint Magic Lenses: [Initiative name] (Day 2 Afternoon)

<!-- Lens evaluation of the candidate approach set. Produces top bet plus backup plan. -->

Approach labels: [List the 3-7 approaches from Approach Options with their labels.]

## Customer Lens

**Question:** Which approach do target customers immediately understand and want?

| Approach | Customer perception | Position |
|---|---|---|
| [Label 1] | [Brief reaction] | [HV-HF / HV-LF / LV-HF / LV-LF] |
| [Label 2] | [Brief reaction] | [position] |
| [Label 3] | [Brief reaction] | [position] |

**Top per Customer Lens:** [Approach label(s)]

## Pragmatic Lens

**Question:** Which approach can the team ship at quality in the build window?

| Approach | Build cost | Risk |
|---|---|---|
| [Label 1] | [Low / Medium / High] | [Low / Medium / High] |
| [Label 2] | [...] | [...] |

**Top per Pragmatic Lens:** [Approach label(s)]

## Growth Lens

**Question:** Which approach gives the team a story strong enough to acquire users without paid channels?

| Approach | Why people would tell a friend |
|---|---|
| [Label 1] | [One-line word-of-mouth story] |
| [Label 2] | [...] |

**Top per Growth Lens:** [Approach label(s)]

## Money Lens

**Question:** Which approach has the cleanest path to a paying customer?

| Approach | Monetization story |
|---|---|
| [Label 1] | [Path to revenue] |
| [Label 2] | [...] |

**Top per Money Lens:** [Approach label(s)]

## Custom Lens [N]: [Name]

**Question:** [The lens-specific question the team needs answered.]

| Approach | [Lens-specific dimension] |
|---|---|
| [Label 1] | [Assessment] |
| [Label 2] | [...] |

**Top per [Custom Lens]:** [Approach label(s)]

[Add additional custom lenses as needed. Minimum 1 custom lens required.]

## Pattern Review

**Consistent winners:** [Approaches that scored top half of 3+ lenses.]

**Consistent losers (eliminated):**
- [Label]: [Why this approach drops out.]
- [Label]: [...]

**Contradictions:**
- [Contradiction pattern]: [Which approaches win one lens hard but lose another?]

**Biggest trade-off:** [Name it explicitly. The Decider's choice is along this axis.]

## Top Bet (Decider Supervote)

**Top bet: [Approach label and name].**

Rationale: [Two or three sentences naming the trade-off the Decider is taking. Should be defensible in language.]

## Backup Plan

**Backup: [Distinct approach label and name].**

[One paragraph explaining when the team falls back to this. The backup MUST be strategically distinct from the top bet, not an iteration of it.]

## Decision Rationale

[One paragraph explaining why this top bet over this backup. This paragraph becomes the spine of the Founding Hypothesis's "why we believe this" section.]

## Decider Checkpoint

**Decider sign-off required before Founding Hypothesis writing begins.**

- [ ] Decider names the top bet with explicit rationale.
- [ ] Decider names the backup as a distinct strategic direction (not an iteration).
- [ ] Decider commits to testing the top bet via the planned next step (Design Sprint, customer research, experiment).
- [ ] Decider acknowledges the trade-off being taken; the team agrees that re-litigation requires invalidation evidence, not preference shifts.

**Signed:** [Decider name, role], [ISO date and local time]
