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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Landing Page Test |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Growth Growth Experiment |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a value proposition first needs to be checked for resonance, it condenses the idea onto a focused entry page. It shows whether language and offering carry interest. | ARID examines how well developers can work with a technical design. It focuses on a part of the system that can still be revised, between the architecture overview and the detailed specification. | When growth ideas surface quickly, the temptation to build immediately instead of learning is high. A Growth Experiment frames an assumption so target group, lever, and measurement are clear before the first deployment. | 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 | 1-5 Tage | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 1-2 Wochen | 1-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | Nutzertraffic | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 1-6 | Nutzertraffic |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Landing Page, Conversion Data, Learning Summary | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Experiment card, Result summary, Next bet | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note |
Tagsno overlap | ValidationConversionMarketing | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | MarketingGrowthExperimentsLearning | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth |