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| Criterion |  Operations Bottleneck Analysis |  Knowledge Modeling Feynman Technique |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | For a flow that backs up at one point, the method looks for the capacity limit with the greatest leverage. It explains why extra effort elsewhere barely improves throughput. | The Feynman Technique checks understanding by explaining a topic so that it stays easy for others to understand. It makes knowledge gaps visible before they become costly in everyday work. | 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 | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 20-60 min | 1-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 1 | Nutzertraffic |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Bottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up Measures | Plain-language Explanation, Knowledge Gaps, Study Notes | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note |
Tagsno overlap | FlowMeasurementConstraints | LearningKnowledgeUnderstanding | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth |
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