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| Criterion | ![]() Product Discovery Smoke Test | ![]() Operations PDCA Cycle |
|---|---|---|
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. | For an improvement that still has to prove itself in everyday work, the method runs it through small learning loops. It connects planning, checking, and standardization into a repeatable learning mode. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-5 Tage | 1 h bis mehrere Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | Nutzertraffic | 1-8 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | PDCA Log, Experiment Plan, Learning Outcome, Standard Change |
Tags1 shared | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | Continuous improvementLeanExperiments |
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