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| Criterion | ![]() Growth Flywheel | ![]() Facilitation Dot Voting | ![]() Product Discovery Assumption Mapping | ![]() Product Discovery Smoke Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 a workshop has produced too many options and the group needs to condense quickly, dot voting makes preferences visible in a short time. It bundles individual votes into a solid signal for the next selection. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | 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 | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 60-120 min | 5-15 min | 45-60 min | 1-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 3-20 | 2-8 | Nutzertraffic |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Flywheel Map, Friction Points, Growth Levers, Experiment Backlog | Ranked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note |
Tagsno overlap | GrowthRetentionConversion | FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth |



