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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Business Model Canvas |  Business Strategy Value Chain Analysis |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Growth A/B Testing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The Business Model Canvas condenses a business model to its key building blocks and assumptions. It makes variants quickly comparable and reveals gaps before validation or implementation begins. | Value Chain Analysis shows where value is created, costs accrue, and differentiation becomes possible along the process. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a value-chain map and lever list. | 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 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | Half day | 1-5 Tage | 1-4 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 3-8 | Nutzertraffic | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Business Model Canvas, Assumption List, Business Hypotheses | Value Chain Map, Lever List | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary |
Tagsno overlap | Business modelStrategyValueInnovation | StrategyBusiness modelDiagnosisAnalysis | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation |