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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Product Strategy SMART Goals |  Business Strategy Strategy Map |
|---|---|---|---|
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 goals are formulated too generally, it brings measurability, direction, and timing into shape. It prevents intentions from staying without clear verification. | A Strategy Map translates strategy into a few connected objectives across perspectives such as finance, customers, processes, and learning. This makes visible which capabilities and activities are meant to drive which results. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-5 Tage | 15-30 min | 2-4 h workshop plus review |
Participantsdifferent | Nutzertraffic | 1-8 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | SMART Goal, Measurement Note, Deadline | Strategy Map, Objective Set, Cause-Effect Hypotheses |
Tagsno overlap | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | GoalsPlanningMeasurementAlignment | AlignmentExecutionGoalsCausality |
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