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| Criterion |  Product Strategy KPI Tree |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Product Discovery Experiment Canvas |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When metrics across the organization drift apart, it arranges drivers and effects under one shared logic. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a KPI tree and owner list. | 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 experiments become unreadable after the fact, it arranges hypothesis, signal, and learning goal on a single canvas. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Completed Experiment Canvas and a Success Metric. | When a headline metric could mask side effects, it adds guardrail signals against unwanted outcomes. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a counter-metric list and guardrail definitions. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 90-180 min initial, dann laufend | 1-5 Tage | 30-60 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | Nutzertraffic | 1-5 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | KPI Tree, Owner List | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Completed Experiment Canvas, Success Metric | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions |
Tagsno overlap | MetricsStrategyAlignmentMeasurement | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments |