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| Criterion |  Decision Making Trade-off Analysis |  Growth Funnel Analysis |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Product Discovery MVP Test Matrix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | With limited resources, quality, speed, cost, and risk almost always compete with each other. Trade-off Analysis makes these tensions explicit and prevents decisions from producing hidden side effects. | When many visitors or users drop off along the way, the reason behind the number often stays hidden. Funnel Analysis exposes these transitions and makes visible exactly where the path collapses. | 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 minimal variants compete to answer the same question, it makes comparing and choosing between them cleaner. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Test Matrix and a Test Plan. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-120 min | 1-3 h | 1-5 Tage | 45-75 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 1-5 | Nutzertraffic | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Trade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted Downsides | Funnel report, Drop-off analysis, Optimization hypotheses | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Test Matrix, Test Plan |
Tagsno overlap | TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions | AnalyticsConversionGrowth | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryOptions |