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| Criterion |  Decision Making OODA Loop |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Product Discovery Learning Card |  Product Discovery Fake Door Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | In dynamic situations, decisions become outdated faster than they can be prepared. The OODA Loop holds observing, orienting, deciding, and acting together as a recurring rhythm so reaction does not slide into inertia. | 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 Learning Card connects traceable test results to a reasoned next action while keeping the limits of the insight visible. | 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 | 15-60 min je Zyklus | 1-5 Tage | 25-40 min | 1-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 1-8 | Nutzertraffic | 1-5 | Nutzertraffic |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Situation Assessment, Decision Loop, Action Updates | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Learning Card with evidence and next action | Click Data, Interest Signal, Learning Decision |
Tagsno overlap | DecisionChangeLearningStrategy | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning | ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery |