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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking Leverage Points |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Business Strategy McKinsey 7S |  Growth A/B Testing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | McKinsey 7S checks whether Strategy, Structure, Systems, Shared Values, Skills, Style, and Staff fit together. Organizational misalignments become visible across multiple levers as a result. | 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 | High | Low | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | Half day | 1-5 Tage | 2-4 h | 1-4 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | Nutzertraffic | 3-12 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Workshop | Async |
Outputdifferent | Leverage Map, Action Strategy | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary |
Tagsno overlap | Systems thinkingChangeStrategy | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation |