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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking Leverage Points |  Innovation Lean Startup |  Product Discovery Fake Door Test |  Product Discovery Pretotyping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Leverage Points show exactly where interventions in a system produce a disproportionate effect. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a leverage map and action strategy. | 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 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. | Pretotyping clarifies whether a customer problem and solution idea create enough real demand. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence, and captures the result as a pretotyping sketch, test setup, and conversion data. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | Half day | Wochen bis Monate je Lernzyklus | 1-5 Tage | Stunden bis wenige Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 2-8 | Nutzertraffic | 1-4 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Leverage Map, Action Strategy | Hypothesis list, MVPs, Learning reports, Pivot or persevere decision | Click Data, Interest Signal, Learning Decision | Pretotyping sketch, Test setup, Conversion data, Go or no-go decision |
Tagsno overlap | Systems thinkingChangeStrategy | LeanStartupValidationMVP | ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery | ValidationDemandMVP |