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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Fake Door Test |  Growth Flywheel |  Product Discovery Learning Card |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When demand is still unclear, it measures interest in a feature before it is built. It separates real behavior from polite agreement and deliberately keeps build effort small. | Growth often breaks down where a reinforcing mechanism builds up too much friction. A Flywheel shows the cycle of value, repetition, and reinforcement meant to sustain growth. | The Learning Card connects traceable test results to a reasoned next action while keeping the limits of the insight visible. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-5 Tage | 60-120 min | 25-40 min | 1-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | Nutzertraffic | 3-8 | 1-5 | Nutzertraffic |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Click Data, Interest Signal, Learning Decision | Flywheel Map, Friction Points, Growth Levers, Experiment Backlog | Learning Card with evidence and next action | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note |
Tagsno overlap | ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery | GrowthRetentionConversion | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth |