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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Business Model Stress Test |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Product Discovery Learning Card |  Growth A/B Testing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | A Business Model Stress Test checks how well a business model holds up under pressure and headwinds. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a stress-test report and action plan per scenario. | 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. | The Learning Card connects traceable test results to a reasoned next action while keeping the limits of the insight visible. | 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 | High | Low | Low | High |
Timedifferent | Half day | 1-5 Tage | 25-40 min | 1-4 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | Nutzertraffic | 1-5 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Stress Test Report, Action Plan per Scenario | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Learning Card with evidence and next action | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyBusiness modelRiskDiagnosis | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation |