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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking Current Reality Tree |  Systems Thinking Behavior Over Time Graph |  Product Discovery Smoke 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. | A Behavior Over Time Graph shows how a metric or observation develops over time. The method makes trends, breaks, and recurring patterns visible that get lost in snapshots. | 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 | High | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 2-6 h | 20-45 min | 1-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 1-10 | Nutzertraffic |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Current Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention Ideas | Behavior Over Time Graph, Trend Hypotheses, Key Events | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note |
Tagsno overlap | Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality | Systems thinkingPatternsDynamics | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth |
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