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Criterion
Paper illustration of Five-Minute VC Check with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
5-Minuten VC-Check
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
Paper illustration for PDCA Cycle.
Operations
PDCA Cycle
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 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.For an improvement that still has to prove itself in everyday work, the method runs it through small learning loops. It connects planning, checking, and standardization into a repeatable learning mode.
Complexitydifferent
LowHighLow
Timedifferent
5-15 min1-4 Wochen1 h bis mehrere Wochen
Participantsdifferent
1-51-61-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation stepExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summaryPDCA Log, Experiment Plan, Learning Outcome, Standard Change
Tagsno overlap
StartupValidationCompetition
ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation
Continuous improvementLeanExperiments
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Paper illustration of Lean Startup with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Lean Startup
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
Paper illustration of Experiment Canvas with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
Experiment Canvas