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| Criterion |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Agile 4Ls Retrospective |  Product Strategy Lean Canvas |  Agile Mad Sad Glad |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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 a sprint should not only be assessed but also learned from, it captures experience in clear learning categories. It records what worked, what's missing, and what should run differently next time. | 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 a team's or workshop's mood needs to become readable, it structures emotional signals with little setup. It makes strain, relief, and sources of energy tangible. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 45–75 min | 45-90 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | Team members involved | 1-6 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | 4Ls Board, Learning Themes, Improvement Actions | Lean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog | Emotion Board, Themes, Action Items |
Tagsno overlap | StartupValidationCompetition | RetrospectiveLearningReflectionTeam | StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model | RetrospectiveTeamReflection |