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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |  UX Research HEART Framework |  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. | Helps clarify technical problems, hypotheses, and next steps in concrete terms. It breaks a technical problem into testable parts. The result is captured as a GQM table and metric briefs. | Helps clarify observations, needs, and patterns in concrete terms. It groups observations into patterns, questions, and decisions. The result is captured as a HEART-GSM table and dashboard. | 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 | 90-180 min | 120 min initial, dann laufend | 1-4 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | Nutzertraffic | 3-6 | 3-6 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | GQM Table, Metric Profiles | HEART-GSM Table, Dashboard | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary |
Tagsno overlap | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment | MetricsUX researchMeasurementSatisfaction | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation |