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| Criterion |  Engineering Fault Isolation |  Business Strategy VRIO Framework |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Business Strategy Business Model Stress Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | The VRIO Framework rates resources and capabilities on whether they are Valuable, Rare, Inimitable, and Organized. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a VRIO table and strategic actions. | When demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all. | A Business Model Stress Test checks how well a business model holds up under pressure and headwinds. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a stress-test report and action plan per scenario. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 30-180 min | 90-180 min | 1-5 Tage | Half day |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 3-6 | Nutzertraffic | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Fault Isolation Map, Test Log, Excluded Hypotheses, Narrowed Fault Area | VRIO Table, Strategic Actions | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Stress Test Report, Action Plan per Scenario |
Tagsno overlap | TroubleshootingDiagnosisEngineering | StrategyDiagnosisBusiness modelCapability | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | StrategyBusiness modelRiskDiagnosis |