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| Criterion |  Growth A/B Testing |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Innovation TRIZ |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | For technical contradictions or trade-offs, the method looks for solutions that resolve opposing requirements at the same time. It translates limits into an explicit picture of conflict that becomes workable. This produces not just compromises but more elegant principles. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 1-5 Tage | 1-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | Nutzertraffic | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Contradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution Concepts |
Tagsno overlap | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity |
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