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| Criterion |  Delivery Shape Up |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Growth A/B Testing |  Delivery Communication Plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Shape Up helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow. It makes work boundaries and decisions explicit and captures results as pitches, bet-table decisions, and hill charts. | 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 many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down | 1-5 Tage | 1-4 Wochen | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-4 pro Pitch | Nutzertraffic | 1-6 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomes | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary | Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence |
Tagsno overlap | PlanningDeliveryAutonomy | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation | CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning |