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| Criterion |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Decision Making DACI |  Product Strategy KPI Tree |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | In cross-functional decisions, responsibilities quickly blur between approval, influence, and execution. DACI arranges these roles so decision pressure, contribution, and information stay cleanly separated. | When metrics across the organization drift apart, it arranges drivers and effects under one shared logic. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a KPI tree and owner list. | Helps clarify technical problems, hypotheses, and next steps in concrete terms. It breaks a technical problem into testable parts. The result is captured as a GQM table and metric briefs. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 30-60 min | 90-180 min initial, dann laufend | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | 2-10 | 3-8 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | DACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log | KPI Tree, Owner List | GQM Table, Metric Profiles |
Tagsno overlap | StartupValidationCompetition | DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment | MetricsStrategyAlignmentMeasurement | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment |