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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Landing Page Test |  Engineering Golden Path |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Growth Growth Experiment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When teams need a reliable default path for frequent use, sprawl quickly emerges without any guiding logic. Golden Path bundles the preferred path so good practice becomes easy and deviation becomes deliberate. | 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 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-5 Tage | 1-3 Tage Setup, laufend | 1-5 Tage | 1-2 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | Nutzertraffic | 2-8 | Nutzertraffic | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Landing Page, Conversion Data, Learning Summary | Golden Path Guide, Templates, Quality Checks | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Experiment card, Result summary, Next bet |
Tagsno overlap | ValidationConversionMarketing | EngineeringProductivityGovernance | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | MarketingGrowthExperimentsLearning |