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| Criterion |  Business Strategy GAP Analysis |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Growth Pirate Metrics AARRR |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | GAP Analysis compares the current state with a target picture and makes the distance manageable. It becomes useful when, ahead of new initiatives, it must become clear which capabilities, processes, or resources are missing. | 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. | For products with complex usage paths, overall growth alone is too coarse to reveal bottlenecks. Pirate Metrics breaks the relationship with the product into consecutive stages and shows where the funnel actually leaks. | When a headline metric could mask side effects, it adds guardrail signals against unwanted outcomes. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a counter-metric list and guardrail definitions. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 1-5 Tage | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | Nutzertraffic | 2-8 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Gap Matrix, Action Plan, Risk Notes | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | AARRR funnel, Metric baseline, Experiment backlog | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyAnalysisPlanning | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | GrowthMetricsExperiments | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments |