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| Criterion | ![]() Facilitation Storytelling | ![]() Growth A/B Testing | ![]() Product Discovery Smoke Test | ![]() Facilitation Alignment Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When an insight needs to have an effect, storytelling translates dry facts into a comprehensible development. It combines context, tension, and consequence into a form that people remember and pass on more easily. | 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. | 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 several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-120 min | 1-4 Wochen | 1-5 Tage | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 1-6 | Nutzertraffic | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Narrative Outline, Key Message, Story Arc | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | CommunicationNarrativeStakeholdersFacilitation | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |



