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Selected:Strategic, Tactical and Operational PlanningPirate Metrics AARRRAssumption MappingA/B Testing
| Criterion |  Business Strategy Strategic, Tactical and Operational Planning |  Growth Pirate Metrics AARRR |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Growth A/B Testing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | It places decisions and artifacts at the right level. Strategic planning clarifies direction, tactical planning translates it into programs, and operational planning steers concrete processes. | For products with complex usage paths, overall growth alone is too coarse to reveal bottlenecks. Pirate Metrics breaks the relationship with the product into consecutive stages and shows where the funnel actually leaks. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | 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 | Medium | Medium | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 90-180 min | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 45-60 min | 1-4 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 2-8 | 2-8 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Planning Levels Map, Cadence Model, Planning Artifact Inventory | AARRR funnel, Metric baseline, Experiment backlog | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary |
Tagsno overlap | CadenceGovernanceExecution | GrowthMetricsExperiments | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation |