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| Criterion |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  UX Research HEART Framework |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | Helps clarify observations, needs, and patterns in concrete terms. It groups observations into patterns, questions, and decisions. The result is captured as a HEART-GSM table and dashboard. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 120 min initial, dann laufend | 45-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | 3-6 | 2-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | HEART-GSM Table, Dashboard | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking |
Tagsno overlap | StartupValidationCompetition | MetricsUX researchMeasurementSatisfaction | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation |
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