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| Criterion |  Growth A/B Testing |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Product Discovery Hypothesis Prioritization Canvas |  Product Discovery Learning Card |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 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 hypotheses compete for attention, it brings order to their learning sequence and importance. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a prioritization canvas and a hypothesis backlog. | The Learning Card connects traceable test results to a reasoned next action while keeping the limits of the insight visible. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 1-5 Tage | 60-90 min | 25-40 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | Nutzertraffic | 3-8 | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Prioritization Canvas, Hypothesis Backlog | Learning Card with evidence and next action |
Tags1 shared | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | ExperimentsPrioritizationDiscoveryHypothesis | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning |