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| Criterion |  Innovation Lean Startup |  Engineering Fault Isolation |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Growth A/B Testing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | For uncertain business assumptions, the method forces the idea into contact with real market reactions early. It separates wishful picture, assumption, and observable behavior, so that learning becomes faster than planning. This translates uncertainty into measurable insight. | In technical failures, the visible symptom often gets mixed up with the actual cause. Fault Isolation narrows the fault space and progressively reduces which part of the system is truly affected. | 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 two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | High |
Timedifferent | Wochen bis Monate je Lernzyklus | 30-180 min | 1-5 Tage | 1-4 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 1-6 | Nutzertraffic | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Hypothesis list, MVPs, Learning reports, Pivot or persevere decision | Fault Isolation Map, Test Log, Excluded Hypotheses, Narrowed Fault Area | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary |
Tagsno overlap | LeanStartupValidationMVP | TroubleshootingDiagnosisEngineering | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation |