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| Criterion |  Growth Hooked Model |  Product Discovery Riskiest Assumption Test |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Product Discovery Fake Door Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The Hooked Model helps clarify engagement loops, user behavior, and experiments. It makes repeat behavior measurable and captures the result as a hooked loop, trigger map, and reward design. | When an idea hinges on one critical unknown, it prioritizes testing that exact piece of uncertainty first. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a prioritized list of assumptions, a test plan, and a result report. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | Multiple workshops over several weeks | 1-2 Wochen pro Iteration | 1-5 Tage | 1-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-6 | Nutzertraffic | Nutzertraffic |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Hooked loop, Trigger map, Reward design, Ethics check | Prioritized Assumption List, Test Plan, Results Report | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Click Data, Interest Signal, Learning Decision |
Tagsno overlap | GrowthBehaviorRetention | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryAssumptions | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery |