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| Criterion |  Facilitation Dot Estimation |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Product Discovery Pretotyping |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When size or effort can only be estimated roughly, Dot Estimation condenses the group's experience into a quick range. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as an Effort Heatmap, Risk Signals, and Discussion Targets. | 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. | Pretotyping clarifies whether a customer problem and solution idea create enough real demand. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence, and captures the result as a pretotyping sketch, test setup, and conversion data. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 5-20 min | 1-5 Tage | Stunden bis wenige Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 3-20 | Nutzertraffic | 1-4 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Effort Heatmap, Risk Signals, Discussion Targets | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Pretotyping sketch, Test setup, Conversion data, Go or no-go decision |
Tagsno overlap | EstimationEffortRisk | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | ValidationDemandMVP |
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