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| Criterion |  Decision Making Decision Matrix |  Growth Hooked Model |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Growth A/B Testing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When several options collide with several criteria, comparison quickly becomes subjective. A Decision Matrix makes the trade-off visible and brings weighting, criteria, and options into a shared logic. | The Hooked Model helps clarify engagement loops, user behavior, and experiments. It makes repeat behavior measurable and captures the result as a hooked loop, trigger map, and reward design. | 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 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | Multiple workshops over several weeks | 1-5 Tage | 1-4 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-8 | Nutzertraffic | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Decision Matrix, Scoring Rationale, Selected Option | Hooked loop, Trigger map, Reward design, Ethics check | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary |
Tagsno overlap | DecisionCriteriaScoringTradeoffs | GrowthBehaviorRetention | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation |