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| Criterion |  Growth Pirate Metrics AARRR |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |  Business Strategy Strategic, Tactical and Operational Planning |  Growth A/B Testing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 a headline metric could mask side effects, it adds guardrail signals against unwanted outcomes. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a counter-metric list and guardrail definitions. | It places decisions and artifacts at the right level. Strategic planning clarifies direction, tactical planning translates it into programs, and operational planning steers concrete processes. | 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 | Medium | Low | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 30-60 min | 90-180 min | 1-4 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-6 | 4-12 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async |
Outputdifferent | AARRR funnel, Metric baseline, Experiment backlog | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions | Planning Levels Map, Cadence Model, Planning Artifact Inventory | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary |
Tagsno overlap | GrowthMetricsExperiments | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments | CadenceGovernanceExecution | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation |