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Selected:5-Minuten VC-CheckAssumption MappingARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Riskiest Assumption Test
| Criterion |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Product Discovery Riskiest Assumption 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. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | ARID examines how well developers can work with a technical design. It focuses on a part of the system that can still be revised, between the architecture overview and the detailed specification. | When an idea hinges on one critical unknown, it prioritizes testing that exact piece of uncertainty first. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a prioritized list of assumptions, a test plan, and a result report. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 45-60 min | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 1-2 Wochen pro Iteration |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | 2-8 | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 2-6 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Prioritized Assumption List, Test Plan, Results Report |
Tags1 shared | StartupValidationCompetition | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryAssumptions |