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| Criterion |  Growth A/B Testing |  Team Design Team API |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Facilitation Expectation Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 expectations between teams stay fuzzy, it describes how a team can be reached, used, and held accountable. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a Team API document. | 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 roles, interfaces, or projects fail because of differing expectations, Expectation Mapping surfaces these differences. It shows what each side takes for granted and where the pictures diverge. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | Half day initial, dann laufend | 1-5 Tage | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | Ein Team plus Stakeholder | Nutzertraffic | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary | Team API Document | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Expectation Map, Alignment Notes, Agreements |
Tagsno overlap | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation | TeamAlignmentCommunicationService | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | AlignmentStakeholdersTeam |