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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Growth Flywheel |  Product Discovery Fake Door Test |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | Growth often breaks down where a reinforcing mechanism builds up too much friction. A Flywheel shows the cycle of value, repetition, and reinforcement meant to sustain growth. | When demand is still unclear, it measures interest in a feature before it is built. It separates real behavior from polite agreement and deliberately keeps build effort small. | 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 | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-60 min | 60-120 min | 1-5 Tage | 1-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 3-8 | Nutzertraffic | Nutzertraffic |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Flywheel Map, Friction Points, Growth Levers, Experiment Backlog | Click Data, Interest Signal, Learning Decision | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note |
Tagsno overlap | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | GrowthRetentionConversion | ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth |