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Criterion
Paper illustration for Landing Page Test.
Product Discovery
Landing Page Test
A paper-based illustration representing North Star Metric with its core stages and visible working result.
Growth
North Star Metric
Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
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.When product teams track many metrics, the view of the actual customer outcome easily gets lost. A North Star Metric bundles growth, usage, and value contribution into one signal that makes the system's direction visible.When demand is still unclear, it measures interest in a feature before it is built. It separates real behavior from polite agreement and deliberately keeps build effort small.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
MediumMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-5 Tage1-2 h1-5 Tage1-5 Tage
Participantsdifferent
Nutzertraffic3-8NutzertrafficNutzertraffic
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Landing Page, Conversion Data, Learning SummaryNorth Star metric, Input metric tree, Measurement cadenceClick Data, Interest Signal, Learning DecisionInterest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note
Tagsno overlap
ValidationConversionMarketing
GrowthMetricsAlignmentRetention
ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery
ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth
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