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| Criterion |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a headline metric could mask side effects, it adds guardrail signals against unwanted outcomes. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a counter-metric list and guardrail definitions. | GIST Planning helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities. It links customer value, product logic, and decision priorities, and captures the result as goals, an idea bank, and a step-project 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | Wochen bis Monate je Goal | 1-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 3-10 | Nutzertraffic |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note |
Tags1 shared | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth |
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