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| Criterion |  Innovation Design Charrette |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Growth A/B Testing |  Innovation Starbursting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | In a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space. | 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. | Helps clarify ideas, open questions, and testable next steps in concrete terms. It opens the thinking space, collects ideas, and leads to testable options. The result is captured as a star-shaped question map, question list, and assumption list. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | High | Low |
Timedifferent | Halber Tag bis mehrere Tage | 1-5 Tage | 1-4 Wochen | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 10-50 | Nutzertraffic | 1-6 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Sketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary | Star-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption List |
Tagsno overlap | BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation | BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery |