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| Criterion |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Growth A/B Testing |  Growth Pirate Metrics AARRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Helps clarify technical problems, hypotheses, and next steps in concrete terms. It breaks a technical problem into testable parts. The result is captured as a GQM table and metric briefs. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 90-180 min | 45-60 min | 1-4 Wochen | 1-2 h Setup, laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 3-6 | 2-8 | 1-6 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | GQM Table, Metric Profiles | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary | AARRR funnel, Metric baseline, Experiment backlog |
Tagsno overlap | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation | GrowthMetricsExperiments |