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| Criterion |  Decision Making Delphi Method |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together. | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. | 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 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. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 45-90 min | 1-5 Tage | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 6-30 Experten | 2-8 | Nutzertraffic | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions |
Tagsno overlap | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments |