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Paper illustration of the Value Proposition Canvas: Value Map with products and services, pain relievers and gain creators on the left; Customer Profile with jobs, pains and gains on the right.
Product Strategy
Value Proposition Canvas
A paper-based illustration representing Pirate Metrics (AARRR) with its core stages and visible working result.
Growth
Pirate Metrics AARRR
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
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.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 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
MediumMediumHigh
Timedifferent
1-2 h1-2 h Setup, laufend1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
2-82-81-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Value Proposition Canvas, Fit Gaps, HypothesesAARRR funnel, Metric baseline, Experiment backlogExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summary
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ValueNeedsStrategy
GrowthMetricsExperiments
ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation
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Paper illustration of Counter Metrics with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
Counter Metrics
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping