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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Architecture Architecture Inception Canvas |
|---|---|---|
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 Architecture Inception Canvas bundles the first architecture questions into a compact decision picture. It fits when an initiative is still in motion but still needs clear guardrails. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-5 Tage | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | Nutzertraffic | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Inception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions |
Tagsno overlap | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | AlignmentArchitectureCanvas |
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