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| Criterion |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Operations Gemba Walk |  Product Discovery Pretotyping |  Operations Kaizen Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 there is uncertainty about the real course of a process, the method brings observation to the place where work happens. It combines perception, follow-up questions, and process knowledge so decisions rest on actual workflows instead of assumptions. | Pretotyping clarifies whether a customer problem and solution idea create enough real demand. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence, and captures the result as a pretotyping sketch, test setup, and conversion data. | For a tightly scoped process segment with noticeable waste, the method bundles shared energy for change. It suits situations that call for fast learning loops and visible adjustments. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 30-120 min | Stunden bis wenige Tage | 0.5-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | 2-6 | 1-4 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Observation Notes, Improvement Ideas | Pretotyping sketch, Test setup, Conversion data, Go or no-go decision | Kaizen Charter, Waste List, Improvement Experiments, Standard Work Update |
Tagsno overlap | StartupValidationCompetition | LeanObservationProcessOperations | ValidationDemandMVP | LeanContinuous improvementOperations |