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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Riskiest Assumption Test |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Growth A/B Testing |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | 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 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 | Low | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-2 Wochen pro Iteration | 1-5 Tage | 1-4 Wochen | 45-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | Nutzertraffic | 1-6 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized Assumption List, Test Plan, Results Report | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking |
Tags2 shared | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryAssumptions | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation |