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Criterion
Paper illustration of Five-Minute VC Check with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
5-Minuten VC-Check
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration for OODA Loop.
Decision Making
OODA Loop
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
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 several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.In dynamic situations, decisions become outdated faster than they can be prepared. The OODA Loop holds observing, orienting, deciding, and acting together as a recurring rhythm so reaction does not slide into inertia.When an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
5-15 min1-2 h15-60 min je Zyklus60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
1-54-121-82-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation stepAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsSituation Assessment, Decision Loop, Action UpdatesStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
StartupValidationCompetition
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
DecisionChangeLearningStrategy
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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