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Criterion
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Paper illustration of Product Vision Board with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
Product Vision Board
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
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.When a product needs a shared direction, it connects target audience, benefit, and business picture in a clear vision. It makes the envisioned future legible for the team.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
LowLowHigh
Timedifferent
1-5 Tage1-2 h1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
Nutzertraffic2-81-6
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning NoteProduct Vision Board, Vision Statement, Assumptions and Validation QuestionsExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summary
Tagsno overlap
ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth
VisionCanvasStrategyAlignment
ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation
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Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
Architecture Inception Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Inception Canvas