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| Criterion |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Knowledge Modeling IBIS |  Decision Making Red Teaming |  Knowledge Modeling Concept 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. | IBIS structures thinking about complex questions as a sequence of issues, ideas, and arguments. The method keeps discussions open without forcing them into premature consensus. | For strategic decisions with high reach, agreement and gut feeling are often not enough. Red teaming brings deliberate opposition into the situation and tests where a plan breaks under real counterarguments. | Concept Mapping arranges terms and relationships in a network that makes subject-matter connections tangible. It fits when a topic needs to be understood structurally rather than linearly. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 1-3 h | 1-4 h | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | 2-8 | 3-8 | 1-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Issue Map, Positions, Argument Notes | Challenge Findings, Risk Register, Mitigation Plan | Concept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge Gaps |
Tagsno overlap | StartupValidationCompetition | RationaleKnowledgeDecision | RiskDecisionSensemaking | KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking |