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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Context Canvas |  Innovation Lean Startup |  Knowledge Modeling Competency Questions |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When an environment of users, systems, and constraints is hard to grasp, it puts the context compactly on the table. It creates a clear reading of influence, boundary, and dependency. | 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. | Competency Questions translate a domain model into concrete questions that it must be able to answer. The method keeps the model's scope clean and prevents pretty but useless structures. | 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 | Low | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | Wochen bis Monate je Lernzyklus | 2-4 h | 5-15 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 2-8 | 2-8 | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Context canvas, Open questions, Shared context notes | Hypothesis list, MVPs, Learning reports, Pivot or persevere decision | Competency Question Set, Required Concepts, Test Queries, Coverage Matrix | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step |
Tagsno overlap | ContextFramingRequirementsCanvas | LeanStartupValidationMVP | OntologyKnowledge graphScopeRequirementsSemantic | StartupValidationCompetition |