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| Criterion |  Growth A/B Testing |  Facilitation Nominal Group Technique |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Facilitation 1-2-4-All |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When loud voices could dominate a round, Nominal Group Technique protects individual thinking time from group effects. It collects ideas separately first and only then enables shared weighting. | 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. | When many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 60-120 min | 1-5 Tage | 10-20 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 5-12 | Nutzertraffic | 4-100+ |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes |
Tagsno overlap | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | FacilitationInclusionIdeation |