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| Criterion |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Operations Failure Mode and Effects Analysis |  Architecture Risk Storming |  Operations Fishbone Diagram |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 a process, product, or service with noticeable failure risks, the method assesses possible failure modes in advance. It directs attention to combinations of occurrence, effect, and detectability. | Helps clarify architecture context, options, and consequences in concrete terms. It organizes technical context, alternatives, and consequences. The result is captured as an Annotated Diagram, a Prioritized Risk List, and an Action Backlog. | When a problem has several possible contributing factors, the method sorts causes by cause areas. It prevents an initial hunch from blocking the view of other plausible drivers. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 2-6 h | 60-90 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | 3-10 | 4-12 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | FMEA Table, Risk Priority, Mitigation Actions | Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog | Fishbone Diagram, Cause Categories, Investigation Backlog |
Tagsno overlap | StartupValidationCompetition | RiskQualityOperationsRoot cause | RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation | Root causeQualityOperations |