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| Criterion |  Innovation Lean Startup |  Product Discovery Test Card |  Growth A/B Testing |  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. | The Test Card turns a critical assumption into a testable claim and specifies in advance which result counts as success. | 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. | 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 | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | Wochen bis Monate je Lernzyklus | 20-35 min | 1-4 Wochen | 1-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 1-5 | 1-6 | Nutzertraffic |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Hypothesis list, MVPs, Learning reports, Pivot or persevere decision | Test Card with a pre-set threshold | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary | Click Data, Interest Signal, Learning Decision |
Tags1 shared | LeanStartupValidationMVP | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation | ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery |