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| Criterion |  Growth Flywheel |  UX Research Diary Study |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Growth Hooked Model |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 experiences build up over days or weeks and a single session cannot capture them, Diary Study records the course of everyday life. Recurring triggers, moods, and habits become visible this way, beyond the sharpness of memory. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | The Hooked Model helps clarify engagement loops, user behavior, and experiments. It makes repeat behavior measurable and captures the result as a hooked loop, trigger map, and reward design. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60-120 min | 1-4 Wochen | 45-60 min | Multiple workshops over several weeks |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 5-20 | 2-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Flywheel Map, Friction Points, Growth Levers, Experiment Backlog | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Hooked loop, Trigger map, Reward design, Ethics check |
Tagsno overlap | GrowthRetentionConversion | UX researchTrackingBehavior | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | GrowthBehaviorRetention |