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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Business Strategy VRIO Framework |  Business Strategy Business Model Stress Test |  Product Discovery Fake Door Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | The VRIO Framework rates resources and capabilities on whether they are Valuable, Rare, Inimitable, and Organized. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a VRIO table and strategic actions. | A Business Model Stress Test checks how well a business model holds up under pressure and headwinds. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a stress-test report and action plan per scenario. | When demand is still unclear, it measures interest in a feature before it is built. It separates real behavior from polite agreement and deliberately keeps build effort small. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-5 Tage | 90-180 min | Half day | 1-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | Nutzertraffic | 3-6 | 3-8 | Nutzertraffic |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop | Async |
Outputdifferent | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | VRIO Table, Strategic Actions | Stress Test Report, Action Plan per Scenario | Click Data, Interest Signal, Learning Decision |
Tagsno overlap | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | StrategyDiagnosisBusiness modelCapability | StrategyBusiness modelRiskDiagnosis | ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery |