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Criterion
ChatOps workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
ChatOps
Paper illustration of Five-Minute VC Check with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
5-Minuten VC-Check
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Purposedifferent
For operational work in a distributed team, the method links communication with direct system control. It records decisions right where the signal, the context, and the execution come together.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.An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
Ongoing5-15 min15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
2-201-51-3
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Chat Transcript, Action Log, AutomationsVC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation stepADR File, Decision Log, Rationale
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CollaborationEngineeringIncident
StartupValidationCompetition
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
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Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
Paper illustration for Golden Path
Engineering
Golden Path
Paper illustration of Lean Startup with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Lean Startup