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| Criterion |  Delivery Value Stream Mapping |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Product Discovery Learning Card |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When delivery work dissolves into wait times, handoffs, and hidden effort, Value Stream Mapping makes the actual flow visible. The method exposes bottlenecks, idle time, and feedback loops so lead time and improvement levers become tangible. | 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. | The Learning Card connects traceable test results to a reasoned next action while keeping the limits of the insight visible. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 1-5 Tage | 25-40 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | Nutzertraffic | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck list | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Learning Card with evidence and next action |
Tagsno overlap | LeanFlowWasteDelivery | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning |
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