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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Facilitation Expectation Mapping |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Product Discovery Fake Door Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 roles, interfaces, or projects fail because of differing expectations, Expectation Mapping surfaces these differences. It shows what each side takes for granted and where the pictures diverge. | When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. | When demand is still unclear, it measures interest in a feature before it is built. It separates real behavior from polite agreement and deliberately keeps build effort small. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-5 Tage | 45-90 min | 1-2 h | 1-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | Nutzertraffic | 3-12 | 4-12 | Nutzertraffic |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop | Async |
Outputdifferent | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Expectation Map, Alignment Notes, Agreements | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Click Data, Interest Signal, Learning Decision |
Tagsno overlap | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | AlignmentStakeholdersTeam | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery |