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| Criterion |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Innovation Design Thinking |  Operations 8D Problem Solving |  Innovation Design Sprint |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | For complex user problems with an uncertain cause, the method connects observation, interpretation, and experiment into a learning cycle. It keeps the focus on real needs and avoids premature solution language. This produces robust decisions for product and service. | For an acute quality or delivery problem, the method structures immediate protection and root cause work together. It keeps the situation stable while the actual cause is investigated cleanly. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | High | High |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 1-6 Wochen | 4-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | 4-10 | 4-10 | 5-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings | 8D Report, Containment Plan, Root Cause Evidence, Corrective Action Plan | Prototype, Test Findings, Decision Rationale |
Tagsno overlap | StartupValidationCompetition | InnovationPrototypeResearch | QualityProblem solvingRoot cause | Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation |