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| Criterion |  Growth Funnel Analysis |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Architecture Architecture Decision Record |  Architecture arc42 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When many visitors or users drop off along the way, the reason behind the number often stays hidden. Funnel Analysis exposes these transitions and makes visible exactly where the path collapses. | 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. | An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable. | arc42 structures architecture knowledge so teams can document system, decisions, and risks consistently. The template builds a living understanding of the architecture instead of scattered notes. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 1-5 Tage | 15-45 min | 1-2 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | Nutzertraffic | 1-3 | 1-4 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Funnel report, Drop-off analysis, Optimization hypotheses | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale | Architecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment View |
Tagsno overlap | AnalyticsConversionGrowth | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance | ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication |