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| Criterion |  Operations ALPEN Method |  Product Discovery Pretotyping |  Operations Time Blocking |  Product Discovery Fake Door Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | With an overloaded day full of too many tasks, a realistic picture of the day emerges. The method connects estimating, deciding, and buffer thinking so planning fits available energy and time. | 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. | With a calendar that grows on request, the method makes available time explicit again. It combines appointments, focus work, and buffer into a more realistic day structure. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 10-20 min daily | Stunden bis wenige Tage | 15-30 min Planung, laufend | 1-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 1 | 1-4 | 1 | Nutzertraffic |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Daily Plan, Time Estimates, Review Notes | Pretotyping sketch, Test setup, Conversion data, Go or no-go decision | Blocked Calendar, Capacity View, Focus Plan | Click Data, Interest Signal, Learning Decision |
Tagsno overlap | PlanningTime managementProductivityOperations | ValidationDemandMVP | PlanningTime managementFocus | ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery |