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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Operations Gemba Walk |
|---|---|---|
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 there is uncertainty about the real course of a process, the method brings observation to the place where work happens. It combines perception, follow-up questions, and process knowledge so decisions rest on actual workflows instead of assumptions. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-5 Tage | 30-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | Nutzertraffic | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Observation Notes, Improvement Ideas |
Tagsno overlap | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | LeanObservationProcessOperations |
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