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| Criterion |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  DevOps Incident Timeline Analysis |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  DevOps Blameless Postmortem |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | For an incident with an unclear sequence, the method makes the timeline precisely visible. It separates perception, reaction, and delay so cause and effect become more clearly readable. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | After an incident with damage or a near miss, the method creates a sober field for learning without assigning blame. It directs attention to the course of events, conditions, and effective countermeasures. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 60-180 min | 45-60 min | 30-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | 3-10 | 2-8 | 3-12 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Incident Timeline, Evidence Log, Delay Analysis, Improvement Actions | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Postmortem Doc, Action Items, Timeline |
Tagsno overlap | StartupValidationCompetition | IncidentTimelineSite Reliability Engineering | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | Site Reliability EngineeringIncidentLearningReliability |