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| Criterion |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Architecture Architecture Decision Record |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 15-45 min | 1-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | 1-3 | Nutzertraffic |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Async |
Outputdifferent | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note |
Tagsno overlap | StartupValidationCompetition | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth |
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