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| Criterion |  Engineering Fault Isolation |  Engineering Golden Path |  Innovation Lean Startup |  Product Strategy Lean Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | In technical failures, the visible symptom often gets mixed up with the actual cause. Fault Isolation narrows the fault space and progressively reduces which part of the system is truly affected. | When teams need a reliable default path for frequent use, sprawl quickly emerges without any guiding logic. Golden Path bundles the preferred path so good practice becomes easy and deviation becomes deliberate. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-180 min | 1-3 Tage Setup, laufend | Wochen bis Monate je Lernzyklus | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 2-8 | 2-8 | 1-6 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Fault Isolation Map, Test Log, Excluded Hypotheses, Narrowed Fault Area | Golden Path Guide, Templates, Quality Checks | Hypothesis list, MVPs, Learning reports, Pivot or persevere decision | Lean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog |
Tagsno overlap | TroubleshootingDiagnosisEngineering | EngineeringProductivityGovernance | LeanStartupValidationMVP | StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model |