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| Criterion |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Operations ALPEN Method |  Product Discovery Test Card |  Product Discovery Fake Door 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. | 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. | The Test Card turns a critical assumption into a testable claim and specifies in advance which result counts as success. | When demand is still unclear, it measures interest in a feature before it is built. It separates real behavior from polite agreement and deliberately keeps build effort small. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 10-20 min daily | 20-35 min | 1-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | 1 | 1-5 | Nutzertraffic |
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 | Test Card with a pre-set threshold | Click Data, Interest Signal, Learning Decision |
Tagsno overlap | StartupValidationCompetition | PlanningTime managementProductivityOperations | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis | ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery |