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| Criterion |  Architecture Risk Storming |  Engineering Golden Path |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Product Discovery Fake Door Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Helps clarify architecture context, options, and consequences in concrete terms. It organizes technical context, alternatives, and consequences. The result is captured as an Annotated Diagram, a Prioritized Risk List, and an Action Backlog. | When teams need a reliable default path for frequent use, sprawl quickly emerges without any guiding logic. Golden Path bundles the preferred path so good practice becomes easy and deviation becomes deliberate. | When demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all. | When demand is still unclear, it measures interest in a feature before it is built. It separates real behavior from polite agreement and deliberately keeps build effort small. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60-90 min | 1-3 Tage Setup, laufend | 1-5 Tage | 1-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 2-8 | Nutzertraffic | Nutzertraffic |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog | Golden Path Guide, Templates, Quality Checks | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Click Data, Interest Signal, Learning Decision |
Tagsno overlap | RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation | EngineeringProductivityGovernance | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery |