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| Criterion |  Product Strategy Value Proposition Canvas |  Business Strategy Balanced Scorecard |  Growth A/B Testing |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When the value proposition and customer expectation drift apart, it makes fit and mismatch legible. It shows where offering and need don't yet come together. | Balanced Scorecard translates strategy into a few interconnected perspectives and metrics. It holds impact, steering, and learning together in daily work instead of narrowing strategy down to financial figures. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 1-4 Wochen | 1-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 4-12 | 1-6 | Nutzertraffic |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Value Proposition Canvas, Fit Gaps, Hypotheses | Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note |
Tagsno overlap | ValueNeedsStrategy | StrategyMetricsExecution | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth |