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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Business Model Stress Test |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Product Discovery Test Card |
|---|---|---|---|
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 Test Card turns a critical assumption into a testable claim and specifies in advance which result counts as success. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | Half day | 1-5 Tage | 20-35 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | Nutzertraffic | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Stress Test Report, Action Plan per Scenario | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Test Card with a pre-set threshold |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyBusiness modelRiskDiagnosis | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis |
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