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| Criterion | ![]() Product Discovery Fake Door Test | ![]() Product Discovery Smoke Test | ![]() Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-5 Tage | 1-5 Tage | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | Nutzertraffic | Nutzertraffic | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Click Data, Interest Signal, Learning Decision | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes |
Tagsno overlap | ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio |
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