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Selected:Pirate Metrics AARRRStrategic, Tactical and Operational PlanningAssumption MappingRiskiest Assumption Test
| Criterion | ![]() Growth Pirate Metrics AARRR | ![]() Business Strategy Strategic, Tactical and Operational Planning | ![]() Product Discovery Assumption Mapping | ![]() 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. | 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 assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 90-180 min | 45-60 min | 1-2 Wochen pro Iteration |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 4-12 | 2-8 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | AARRR funnel, Metric baseline, Experiment backlog | Planning Levels Map, Cadence Model, Planning Artifact Inventory | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Prioritized Assumption List, Test Plan, Results Report |
Tagsno overlap | GrowthMetricsExperiments | CadenceGovernanceExecution | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryAssumptions |



