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| Criterion |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Innovation Design Thinking |  Architecture Architecture Communication Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | 4-10 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings | Communication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan |
Tagsno overlap | StartupValidationCompetition | InnovationPrototypeResearch | ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas |
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