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| Criterion |  Growth Flywheel |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |  Growth Pirate Metrics AARRR |  Growth A/B Testing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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 Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. | For products with complex usage paths, overall growth alone is too coarse to reveal bottlenecks. Pirate Metrics breaks the relationship with the product into consecutive stages and shows where the funnel actually leaks. | When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 60-120 min | 45-90 min | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 1-4 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 2-8 | 2-8 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Flywheel Map, Friction Points, Growth Levers, Experiment Backlog | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes | AARRR funnel, Metric baseline, Experiment backlog | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary |
Tags1 shared | GrowthRetentionConversion | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio | GrowthMetricsExperiments | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation |