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| Criterion |  Architecture Views and Beyond |  Product Discovery Fake Door Test |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Product Discovery MVP Test Matrix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Views and Beyond organizes architecture into several views so no single diagram has to do everything at once. This makes it possible to choose the representation that fits the stakeholder's question. | When demand is still unclear, it measures interest in a feature before it is built. It separates real behavior from polite agreement and deliberately keeps build effort small. | 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 | 1-3 Tage | 1-5 Tage | 1-5 Tage | 45-75 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-4 | Nutzertraffic | Nutzertraffic | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Architecture Views, Cross-view Notes, Rationale | Click Data, Interest Signal, Learning Decision | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Test Matrix, Test Plan |
Tagsno overlap | DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture | ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryOptions |