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| Criterion | ![]() Product Discovery Smoke Test | ![]() Architecture Architecture Inception Canvas | ![]() 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 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. | 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 | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 1-5 Tage | 1-2 h | 1-4 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | Nutzertraffic | 3-8 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Async |
Outputdifferent | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Inception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary |
Tagsno overlap | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | AlignmentArchitectureCanvas | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation |
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