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| Criterion |  Architecture Architecture Decision Record |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Product Discovery Pretotyping |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable. | The 5-Minute VC Check clarifies opportunities and strategic options at the earliest idea stage. It compares problem quality, customer willingness to pay, alternatives, differentiation, and market potential, and captures the result as a VC-check note, go/sharpen/park decision, and risk list. | Pretotyping clarifies whether a customer problem and solution idea create enough real demand. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence, and captures the result as a pretotyping sketch, test setup, and conversion data. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 15-45 min | 5-15 min | Stunden bis wenige Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 1-3 | 1-5 | 1-4 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Pretotyping sketch, Test setup, Conversion data, Go or no-go decision |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance | StartupValidationCompetition | ValidationDemandMVP |
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