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Criterion
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
A structured reflection surfaces what was liked, learned, lacked, and longed for. It is a conversation format and does not validate actions automatically.
Agile
4Ls Retrospective
Purposedifferent
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 a sprint should not only be assessed but also learned from, it captures experience in clear learning categories. It records what worked, what's missing, and what should run differently next time.
Complexitysame
LowLow
Timedifferent
1-5 Tage45–75 min
Participantsdifferent
NutzertrafficTeam members involved
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note4Ls Board, Learning Themes, Improvement Actions
Tagsno overlap
ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth
RetrospectiveLearningReflectionTeam
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Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
Growth Experiment workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
Growth Experiment
Paper illustration of a Learning Card with four fields for hypothesis, observation, insight, and action.
Product Discovery
Learning Card