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| Criterion |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Innovation Design Sprint |  Architecture Architecture Decision Record |
|---|---|---|---|
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 the product question is unclear and time pressure is high, the method takes a team from an open idea to a testable solution. It connects problem understanding, decision, and learning in one compact format, lowering the risk of spending a lot of energy on a mere guess. | An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 4-5 Tage | 15-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | 5-8 | 1-3 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async |
Outputdifferent | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Prototype, Test Findings, Decision Rationale | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale |
Tagsno overlap | StartupValidationCompetition | Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance |
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