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| Criterion |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  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. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. | In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures. | 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 | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 45-90 min | 20–45 min | 1-2 Wochen pro Iteration |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | 2-8 | Small cross-functional group | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | Prioritized Assumption List, Test Plan, Results Report |
Tagsno overlap | StartupValidationCompetition | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryAssumptions |