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Criterion
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
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 a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures.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.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
LowMediumHighMedium
Timedifferent
1-5 Tage45-90 min1-4 Wochen1-5 Tage
Participantsdifferent
Nutzertraffic3-81-6Nutzertraffic
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopAsyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning NoteImpact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summaryClick Data, Interest Signal, Learning Decision
Tagsno overlap
ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation
ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery
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