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Criterion
Paper illustration of Hooked Model with its method-specific working model.
Growth
Hooked Model
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Paper illustration of GIST Planning with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
GIST Planning
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 demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
Multiple workshops over several weeks1-5 TageWochen bis Monate je Goal
Participantsdifferent
2-8Nutzertraffic3-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Hooked loop, Trigger map, Reward design, Ethics checkInterest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning NoteGoals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports
Tagsno overlap
GrowthBehaviorRetention
ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth
RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments
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Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping