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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Growth Flywheel |  Growth Growth Experiment |  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. | Growth often breaks down where a reinforcing mechanism builds up too much friction. A Flywheel shows the cycle of value, repetition, and reinforcement meant to sustain growth. | When growth ideas surface quickly, the temptation to build immediately instead of learning is high. A Growth Experiment frames an assumption so target group, lever, and measurement are clear before the first deployment. | 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 | Medium | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 1-5 Tage | 60-120 min | 1-2 Wochen | 1-4 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | Nutzertraffic | 3-8 | 1-6 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Flywheel Map, Friction Points, Growth Levers, Experiment Backlog | Experiment card, Result summary, Next bet | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary |
Tags1 shared | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | GrowthRetentionConversion | MarketingGrowthExperimentsLearning | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation |