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| Criterion |  Delivery Communication Plan |  Product Strategy Lean Canvas |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Innovation Lean Startup |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost. | 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. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | For uncertain business assumptions, the method forces the idea into contact with real market reactions early. It separates wishful picture, assumption, and observable behavior, so that learning becomes faster than planning. This translates uncertainty into measurable insight. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 45-90 min | 45-60 min | Wochen bis Monate je Lernzyklus |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 1-6 | 2-8 | 2-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence | Lean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Hypothesis list, MVPs, Learning reports, Pivot or persevere decision |
Tagsno overlap | CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning | StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | LeanStartupValidationMVP |