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| Criterion |  Product Strategy Impact Mapping |  Growth Funnel Analysis |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Product Discovery Fake Door Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures. | When many visitors or users drop off along the way, the reason behind the number often stays hidden. Funnel Analysis exposes these transitions and makes visible exactly where the path collapses. | 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 | 45-90 min | 1-3 h | 1-5 Tage | 1-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 1-5 | Nutzertraffic | Nutzertraffic |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options | Funnel report, Drop-off analysis, Optimization hypotheses | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Click Data, Interest Signal, Learning Decision |
Tagsno overlap | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning | AnalyticsConversionGrowth | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery |