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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Operations PDCA Cycle |  Growth Funnel Analysis |  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. | 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. | When many visitors or users drop off along the way, the reason behind the number often stays hidden. Funnel Analysis exposes these transitions and makes visible exactly where the path collapses. | 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 | Low | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 1-5 Tage | 1 h bis mehrere Wochen | 1-3 h | 1-4 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | Nutzertraffic | 1-8 | 1-5 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | PDCA Log, Experiment Plan, Learning Outcome, Standard Change | Funnel report, Drop-off analysis, Optimization hypotheses | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary |
Tagsno overlap | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | Continuous improvementLeanExperiments | AnalyticsConversionGrowth | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation |