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Business Strategy
5-Minuten VC-Check
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Architecture
arc42
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Decision Making
RAPID
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.arc42 structures architecture knowledge so teams can document system, decisions, and risks consistently. The template builds a living understanding of the architecture instead of scattered notes.In complex management decisions, clarity is often missing about who recommends, who agrees, and who makes the decision. RAPID creates this assignment and stabilizes decisions across several levels.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
5-15 min1-2 Tage45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1-51-43-12
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation stepArchitecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment ViewRAPID Role Map, Recommendation, Decision Log
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StartupValidationCompetition
ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication
DecisionRolesGovernance
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