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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Facilitation Dot Voting |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |  Operations ABC Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 a workshop has produced too many options and the group needs to condense quickly, dot voting makes preferences visible in a short time. It bundles individual votes into a solid signal for the next selection. | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. | With many similar objects of differing economic significance, the method prioritizes effort by effect. It separates what needs regular steering from what rarely needs attention. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-5 Tage | 5-15 min | 45-90 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | Nutzertraffic | 3-20 | 2-8 | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Ranked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes | ABC Classification, Focus Rules, Control List |
Tagsno overlap | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio | PrioritizationOperationsPortfolio |