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| Criterion |  Decision Making Delphi Method |  Product Strategy KPI Tree |  Growth Pirate Metrics AARRR |  Growth A/B Testing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When metrics across the organization drift apart, it arranges drivers and effects under one shared logic. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a KPI tree and owner list. | For products with complex usage paths, overall growth alone is too coarse to reveal bottlenecks. Pirate Metrics breaks the relationship with the product into consecutive stages and shows where the funnel actually leaks. | 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 | High | Medium | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 90-180 min initial, dann laufend | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 1-4 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 6-30 Experten | 3-8 | 2-8 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes | KPI Tree, Owner List | AARRR funnel, Metric baseline, Experiment backlog | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary |
Tagsno overlap | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | MetricsStrategyAlignmentMeasurement | GrowthMetricsExperiments | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation |