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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |  Growth A/B Testing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | 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. | Helps clarify technical problems, hypotheses, and next steps in concrete terms. It breaks a technical problem into testable parts. The result is captured as a GQM table and metric briefs. | 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 | Medium | Low | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 45-60 min | 5-15 min | 90-180 min | 1-4 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 1-5 | 3-6 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async |
Outputdifferent | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | GQM Table, Metric Profiles | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary |
Tagsno overlap | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | StartupValidationCompetition | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation |