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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Innovation Brainwriting |  Innovation Design Charrette |  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 loud voices or hierarchy distort the idea search, the method creates a quiet entry into joint development. It gives everyone thinking space and gathers contributions without social brakes, making diversity more visible and easier to build on. | In a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space. | 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 | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 1-5 Tage | 15-30 min | Halber Tag bis mehrere Tage | 1-4 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | Nutzertraffic | 3-12 | 10-50 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async |
Outputdifferent | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Idea sheets, Expanded concepts, Prioritized list | Sketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary |
Tagsno overlap | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | BrainstormingCollaborationInclusionIdeas | BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation |