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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Business Strategy McKinsey 7S |
|---|---|---|
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. | McKinsey 7S checks whether Strategy, Structure, Systems, Shared Values, Skills, Style, and Staff fit together. Organizational misalignments become visible across multiple levers as a result. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-5 Tage | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | Nutzertraffic | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions |
Tagsno overlap | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange |
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