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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Context Canvas |  Knowledge Modeling Shape-First Modeling |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Growth A/B Testing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Shape-First Modeling defines data quality through shapes before implementation or integration frays at the edges. The approach fits when validation and data contracts should be part of the design from the start. | 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 two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | Halber Tag pro Domain Slice | 5-15 min | 1-4 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 1-4 | 1-5 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Context canvas, Open questions, Shared context notes | SHACL or ShEx Shapes, Validation Reports, Data Contracts, Shape Documentation | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary |
Tagsno overlap | ContextFramingRequirementsCanvas | Knowledge graphValidationSemantic | StartupValidationCompetition | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation |