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| Criterion |  Growth Pirate Metrics AARRR |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Growth A/B Testing |  Product Discovery Riskiest Assumption Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | For products with complex usage paths, overall growth alone is too coarse to reveal bottlenecks. Pirate Metrics breaks the relationship with the product into consecutive stages and shows where the funnel actually leaks. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | 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 an idea hinges on one critical unknown, it prioritizes testing that exact piece of uncertainty first. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a prioritized list of assumptions, a test plan, and a result report. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 45-60 min | 1-4 Wochen | 1-2 Wochen pro Iteration |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-8 | 1-6 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | AARRR funnel, Metric baseline, Experiment backlog | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary | Prioritized Assumption List, Test Plan, Results Report |
Tags1 shared | GrowthMetricsExperiments | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryAssumptions |