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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Growth A/B Testing |  Domain Modeling Context Map |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 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 several contexts need to talk to each other, it makes their relationships and dependencies legible. It helps sort integration pressure and responsibilities across system boundaries. | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-5 Tage | 1-4 Wochen | 1-3 h | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | Nutzertraffic | 1-6 | 2-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary | Context Map, Integration Patterns, Boundary Notes | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes |
Tagsno overlap | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation | Domain-Driven DesignBoundariesStrategy | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio |