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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking Intervention Mapping |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |  Growth A/B Testing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Intervention Mapping translates a need for change into a planned, evaluable program. The method connects target group, determinants, actions, and measurement into a traceable chain. | 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. | 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 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. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 1-5 Tage | 1-5 Tage | 90-180 min | 1-4 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | Nutzertraffic | 3-6 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop | Async |
Outputdifferent | Logic Model, Change Objectives, Intervention Components, Evaluation Plan | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | GQM Table, Metric Profiles | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary |
Tagsno overlap | ChangeSystems thinkingCapability | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation |