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| Criterion |  Growth Flywheel |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  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. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. | 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 | Medium | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 60-120 min | 45-60 min | 45-90 min | 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 | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary |
Tagsno overlap | GrowthRetentionConversion | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation |