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| Criterion | ![]() Facilitation Dot Voting | ![]() Product Discovery Smoke Test | ![]() Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a workshop has produced too many options and the group needs to condense quickly, dot voting makes preferences visible in a short time. It bundles individual votes into a solid signal for the next selection. | 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 assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 1-5 Tage | 45-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-20 | Nutzertraffic | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Ranked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation |
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