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| Criterion |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Engineering Golden Path |  Operations Weekly Review |  Operations Eat the Frog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 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. | In a week with many open loops, the method creates distance from operational noise. It organizes commitments, calendar, and projects so the next week becomes workable. | The method protects energy and attention for the task that creates the largest progress and is often postponed. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 1-3 Tage Setup, laufend | 30-60 min | 15-90 min daily |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | 2-8 | 1 | 1 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async | Async |
Outputdifferent | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Golden Path Guide, Templates, Quality Checks | Updated Task System, Weekly Focus, Next Actions | Priority Task, Completion Note, Daily Focus |
Tagsno overlap | StartupValidationCompetition | EngineeringProductivityGovernance | ProductivityExecutionPlanning | PrioritizationProductivityFocusExecution |