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| Criterion | ![]() Growth Pirate Metrics AARRR | ![]() Product Discovery Assumption Mapping | ![]() Business Strategy Strategy Execution Loop | ![]() 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. | The Strategy Execution Loop helps avoid treating strategy as a one-off document. It makes visible how strategic decisions are turned into objectives, initiatives, operational work, measurement, and learning. | 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 | Initial 3-6 h, then monthly or quarterly reviews | 1-2 Wochen pro Iteration |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-8 | 5-12 | 2-6 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | AARRR funnel, Metric baseline, Experiment backlog | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Execution Loop, Review Cadence, Strategic Learning Log | Prioritized Assumption List, Test Plan, Results Report |
Tagsno overlap | GrowthMetricsExperiments | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | ExecutionCadenceLearningGovernance | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryAssumptions |



