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| Criterion |  Growth A/B Testing |  Systems Thinking Current Reality Tree |  Operations 5 Whys |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects. | A Current Reality Tree condenses many symptoms into a few causal chains. The method makes visible which core problems drive several negative effects at once. | For a single, hard-to-explain deviation, the method exposes the causal chain behind the visible symptom. It keeps the cause open until a controllable condition emerges instead of a mere description. | When demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all. |
Complexitydifferent | High | High | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 2-6 h | 15-30 min | 1-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 3-8 | 2-6 | Nutzertraffic |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop | Async |
Outputdifferent | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary | Current Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention Ideas | Root cause notes, Countermeasures | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note |
Tagsno overlap | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation | Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality | Root causeIncidentLeanProblem solving | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth |