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| Criterion |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Architecture C4 Model |  Product Discovery Test Card |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | The C4 Model makes a system legible across several resolution levels, from context down to code. It suits situations where different audiences need to understand the same architecture from different altitudes. | The Test Card turns a critical assumption into a testable claim and specifies in advance which result counts as success. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 1-4 h | 20-35 min |
Participantssame | 1-5 | 1-5 | 1-5 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Context Diagram, Container Diagram, Component Diagram | Test Card with a pre-set threshold |
Tagsno overlap | StartupValidationCompetition | ArchitectureCommunicationVisualization | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis |
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