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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking Current Reality Tree |  Growth A/B Testing |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Product Discovery Fake Door Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | A Current Reality Tree condenses many symptoms into a few causal chains. The method makes visible which core problems drive several negative effects at once. | 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. | 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 demand is still unclear, it measures interest in a feature before it is built. It separates real behavior from polite agreement and deliberately keeps build effort small. |
Complexitydifferent | High | High | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2-6 h | 1-4 Wochen | 1-5 Tage | 1-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 1-6 | Nutzertraffic | Nutzertraffic |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Current Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention Ideas | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Click Data, Interest Signal, Learning Decision |
Tagsno overlap | Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery |