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| Criterion |  Agile Scrum |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |
|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a team needs to work in a fixed delivery rhythm, it stabilizes cadence, responsibility, and feedback loops. It makes collaboration reliable across sprint boundaries. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen je Sprint, laufend | 1-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 (Scrum Team) | Nutzertraffic |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment, Sprint Goal | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note |
Tagsno overlap | AgileIterationCadence | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth |
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