Survivorship Bias
A cognitive bias that occurs when conclusions are drawn from a non-representative sample, focusing only on successful cases and ignoring failures.
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Conjunction Fallacy
A logical fallacy where people assume that specific conditions are more probable than a single general one.
Category Size Bias
A cognitive bias where people judge the likelihood of an event based on the size of its category rather than its actual probability.
Campbell’s Law
The principle that the more a metric is used to make decisions, the more it will be subject to corruption and distort the processes it is intended to monitor.
Subadditivity Effect
A cognitive bias where the total probability assigned to a set of events is less than the sum of the probabilities assigned to each event individually.
Extension Neglect
A cognitive bias where people ignore the relevance of sample size in making judgments, often leading to erroneous conclusions.
Buy-a-Feature
A prioritization technique where stakeholders use a limited budget to "buy" features they believe are most valuable, helping to prioritize the development roadmap.
Behavioral Game Theory
The study of strategic decision making, incorporating psychological insights into traditional game theory models.
Game Theory
A mathematical framework used to analyze strategic interactions where the outcomes depend on the actions of multiple decision-makers.