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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking Current Reality Tree |  Product Discovery Learning Card |  Product Discovery Fake Door Test |  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. | The Learning Card connects traceable test results to a reasoned next action while keeping the limits of the insight visible. | 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. | 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 | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 2-6 h | 25-40 min | 1-5 Tage | 1-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 1-5 | Nutzertraffic | Nutzertraffic |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Current Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention Ideas | Learning Card with evidence and next action | Click Data, Interest Signal, Learning Decision | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note |
Tagsno overlap | Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning | ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth |