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Criterion
Paper illustration for Bottleneck Analysis.
Operations
Bottleneck Analysis
Paper illustration of Five-Minute VC Check with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
5-Minuten VC-Check
Purposedifferent
For a flow that backs up at one point, the method looks for the capacity limit with the greatest leverage. It explains why extra effort elsewhere barely improves throughput.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h5-15 min
Participantsdifferent
3-81-5
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Bottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up MeasuresVC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step
Tagsno overlap
FlowMeasurementConstraints
StartupValidationCompetition
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Paper illustration of Lean Startup with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Lean Startup
Paper illustration for Theory of Constraints.
Operations
Theory of Constraints
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)