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| Criterion |  Growth Pirate Metrics AARRR |  Knowledge Modeling Knowledge Mapping |  Growth A/B Testing |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Knowledge Mapping makes knowledge, gaps, and transfer paths visible across a field. It fits when expertise should not just exist but also be findable and transferable. | 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 assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 1-3 h | 1-4 Wochen | 45-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 3-12 | 1-6 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | AARRR funnel, Metric baseline, Experiment backlog | Knowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer Plan | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking |
Tagsno overlap | GrowthMetricsExperiments | KnowledgeMappingRisk | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation |