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| Criterion |  UX Research Surveys |  UX Research HEART Framework |  Growth Pirate Metrics AARRR |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a topic needs to be validated broadly and many people can answer the same question, surveys gather structured feedback in a scalable form. Answers become comparable and segmentable instead of remaining merely anecdotal. | Helps clarify observations, needs, and patterns in concrete terms. It groups observations into patterns, questions, and decisions. The result is captured as a HEART-GSM table and dashboard. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 3-14 Tage | 120 min initial, dann laufend | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 45-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 50+ | 3-6 | 2-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Survey Results, Charts, Segment Insights | HEART-GSM Table, Dashboard | AARRR funnel, Metric baseline, Experiment backlog | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking |
Tagsno overlap | QuantitativeResearchValidation | MetricsUX researchMeasurementSatisfaction | GrowthMetricsExperiments | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation |