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| Criterion |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Agile 4Ls Retrospective |  Agile Mad Sad Glad |  Operations Learning Review |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 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. | After a project phase with mixed results, the method makes learning from the individual case reusable. It connects events, decisions, and systemic conditions into robust insights. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 45–75 min | 30-60 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | Team members involved | 3-10 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | 4Ls Board, Learning Themes, Improvement Actions | Emotion Board, Themes, Action Items | Learning Review Notes, System Factors, Improvement Actions |
Tagsno overlap | StartupValidationCompetition | RetrospectiveLearningReflectionTeam | RetrospectiveTeamReflection | LearningRetrospectiveIncidentOperations |