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| Criterion |  UX Research Customer Journey Mapping |  Growth Funnel Analysis |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a user journey falls apart across many touchpoints, customer journey mapping makes the experience visible as a coherent arc. Phases, emotions, and breaks become legible enough to prioritize critical moments deliberately. | 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 assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 1-3 h | 45-60 min | 1-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 1-5 | 2-8 | Nutzertraffic |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Journey Map, Pain-point List, Opportunity Backlog | Funnel report, Drop-off analysis, Optimization hypotheses | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note |
Tagsno overlap | JourneyServiceService design | AnalyticsConversionGrowth | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth |