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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Decision Making Argument Mapping |  Product Discovery MVP Test 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 statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on. | When several minimal variants compete to answer the same question, it makes comparing and choosing between them cleaner. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Test Matrix and a Test Plan. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-5 Tage | 1-3 h | 45-75 min |
Participantsdifferent | Nutzertraffic | 1-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale | Test Matrix, Test Plan |
Tagsno overlap | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | SensemakingDecisionRationale | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryOptions |
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