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| Criterion |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Operations ALPEN Method |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |  Growth A/B Testing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | With an overloaded day full of too many tasks, a realistic picture of the day emerges. The method connects estimating, deciding, and buffer thinking so planning fits available energy and time. | GIST Planning helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities. It links customer value, product logic, and decision priorities, and captures the result as goals, an idea bank, and a step-project 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 10-20 min daily | Wochen bis Monate je Goal | 1-4 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | 1 | 3-10 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Daily Plan, Time Estimates, Review Notes | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary |
Tagsno overlap | StartupValidationCompetition | PlanningTime managementProductivityOperations | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation |