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| Criterion |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Operations Getting Things Done |  Engineering Golden Path |  Operations ALPEN Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory. | When teams need a reliable default path for frequent use, sprawl quickly emerges without any guiding logic. Golden Path bundles the preferred path so good practice becomes easy and deviation becomes deliberate. | With an overloaded day full of too many tasks, a realistic picture of the day emerges. The method connects estimating, deciding, and buffer thinking so planning fits available energy and time. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 1-3 Tage Setup, laufend | 10-20 min daily |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | 1 | 2-8 | 1 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Action Lists, Project List, Review Routine | Golden Path Guide, Templates, Quality Checks | Daily Plan, Time Estimates, Review Notes |
Tagsno overlap | StartupValidationCompetition | ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution | EngineeringProductivityGovernance | PlanningTime managementProductivityOperations |