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| Criterion |  Decision Making Force Field Analysis |  Product Discovery Fake Door Test |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Product Discovery Learning Card |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | In change initiatives, supporting and restraining forces sit at the table at the same time. Force Field Analysis makes these tensions explicit and shows where change can be pushed forward by strengthening or relieving. | 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 Learning Card connects traceable test results to a reasoned next action while keeping the limits of the insight visible. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 1-5 Tage | 1-5 Tage | 25-40 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | Nutzertraffic | Nutzertraffic | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Force Field Map, Change Levers, Risk Notes | Click Data, Interest Signal, Learning Decision | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Learning Card with evidence and next action |
Tagsno overlap | ChangeDecisionStrategy | ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning |