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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Business Model Canvas |  Innovation Design Sprint |  Product Strategy Lean Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The Business Model Canvas condenses a business model to its key building blocks and assumptions. It makes variants quickly comparable and reveals gaps before validation or implementation begins. | When the product question is unclear and time pressure is high, the method takes a team from an open idea to a testable solution. It connects problem understanding, decision, and learning in one compact format, lowering the risk of spending a lot of energy on a mere guess. | When an early product bet still has too many open points, it brings target group, problem, and assumptions into a single view. It condenses the idea so core risks become nameable. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 4-5 Tage | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 5-8 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Business Model Canvas, Assumption List, Business Hypotheses | Prototype, Test Findings, Decision Rationale | Lean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog |
Tagsno overlap | Business modelStrategyValueInnovation | Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation | StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model |
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