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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Experiment Canvas |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |  Growth Growth Experiment |  Product Discovery Test Card |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When experiments become unreadable after the fact, it arranges hypothesis, signal, and learning goal on a single canvas. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Completed Experiment Canvas and a Success Metric. | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. | When growth ideas surface quickly, the temptation to build immediately instead of learning is high. A Growth Experiment frames an assumption so target group, lever, and measurement are clear before the first deployment. | The Test Card turns a critical assumption into a testable claim and specifies in advance which result counts as success. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 45-90 min | 1-2 Wochen | 20-35 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | 2-8 | 1-6 | 1-5 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Completed Experiment Canvas, Success Metric | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes | Experiment card, Result summary, Next bet | Test Card with a pre-set threshold |
Tagsno overlap | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio | MarketingGrowthExperimentsLearning | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis |