Variation testing | Practical UX Design

The Happy Path Is a Hypothesis, Not a Foundation

by Westley Knight
Service Resilience
28 August 202618 August 2026

The happy path is the most tested part of your service and the least representative of how it is used. Treating it as a hypothesis rather than a foundation changes what the design process is…

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