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| Criterion |  Growth A/B Testing |  Product Strategy OKRs |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |  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. | When strategic direction needs to become measurable, it connects ambition with checkable results. It makes goals connectable to focus and review. | GIST Planning helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities. It links customer value, product logic, and decision priorities, and captures the result as goals, an idea bank, and a step-project list. | 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 | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 1-2 h Setup | Wochen bis Monate je Goal | 1-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 2-20 | 3-10 | Nutzertraffic |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary | OKR set, Measurement plan, Review cadence | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note |
Tagsno overlap | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation | GoalsAlignmentOutcomesMeasurement | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth |