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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Decision Making DACI |  Growth A/B Testing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. | In cross-functional decisions, responsibilities quickly blur between approval, influence, and execution. DACI arranges these roles so decision pressure, contribution, and information stay cleanly separated. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 1-5 Tage | 1-2 h | 30-60 min | 1-4 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | Nutzertraffic | 4-12 | 2-10 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | DACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary |
Tagsno overlap | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation |