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Criterion
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
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.The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other.When demand is still unclear, it measures interest in a feature before it is built. It separates real behavior from polite agreement and deliberately keeps build effort small.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.
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Timedifferent
1-5 Tage45-90 min1-5 Tage1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
Nutzertraffic2-8Nutzertraffic1-6
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning NoteAnsoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk NotesClick Data, Interest Signal, Learning DecisionExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summary
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ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth
GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio
ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery
ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation
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