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| Criterion |  Architecture C4 Model |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Product Discovery Experiment Canvas |  Product Discovery Learning Card |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The C4 Model makes a system legible across several resolution levels, from context down to code. It suits situations where different audiences need to understand the same architecture from different altitudes. | 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. | When experiments become unreadable after the fact, it arranges hypothesis, signal, and learning goal on a single canvas. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Completed Experiment Canvas and a Success Metric. | The Learning Card connects traceable test results to a reasoned next action while keeping the limits of the insight visible. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-4 h | 5-15 min | 30-60 min | 25-40 min |
Participantssame | 1-5 | 1-5 | 1-5 | 1-5 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Context Diagram, Container Diagram, Component Diagram | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Completed Experiment Canvas, Success Metric | Learning Card with evidence and next action |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureCommunicationVisualization | StartupValidationCompetition | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning |