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| Criterion |  UX Research Usability Testing |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Growth A/B Testing |  Product Discovery Experiment Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a product is built but people get stuck on tasks, usability testing shows the friction at concrete points. Observed use instead of self-report makes visible where orientation, understanding, or interaction breaks down. | 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 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 experiments become unreadable after the fact, it arranges hypothesis, signal, and learning goal on a single canvas. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Completed Experiment Canvas and a Success Metric. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h je Session | 1-5 Tage | 1-4 Wochen | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | Based on research question | Nutzertraffic | 1-6 | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Usability Issues, Severity List, Recommendations | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary | Completed Experiment Canvas, Success Metric |
Tags1 shared | ValidationUXPrototype | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis |