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| Criterion |  Growth Growth Experiment |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |  Growth A/B Testing |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When growth ideas surface quickly, the temptation to build immediately instead of learning is high. A Growth Experiment frames an assumption so target group, lever, and measurement are clear before the first deployment. | GIST Planning helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities. It links customer value, product logic, and decision priorities, and captures the result as goals, an idea bank, and a step-project list. | 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. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-2 Wochen | Wochen bis Monate je Goal | 1-4 Wochen | 45-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 3-10 | 1-6 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Experiment card, Result summary, Next bet | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking |
Tags1 shared | MarketingGrowthExperimentsLearning | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation |