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| Criterion |  Innovation Lean Startup |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Product Discovery Test Card |  Product Discovery Fake Door Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | The Test Card turns a critical assumption into a testable claim and specifies in advance which result counts as success. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | Wochen bis Monate je Lernzyklus | 1-5 Tage | 20-35 min | 1-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | Nutzertraffic | 1-5 | Nutzertraffic |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Hypothesis list, MVPs, Learning reports, Pivot or persevere decision | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Test Card with a pre-set threshold | Click Data, Interest Signal, Learning Decision |
Tags1 shared | LeanStartupValidationMVP | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis | ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery |