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Criterion
Paper illustration of Five-Minute VC Check with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
5-Minuten VC-Check
Paper illustration of Lean Startup with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Lean Startup
Paper illustration for Failure Scenario Analysis.
Engineering
Failure Scenario Analysis
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 uncertain business assumptions, the method forces the idea into contact with real market reactions early. It separates wishful picture, assumption, and observable behavior, so that learning becomes faster than planning. This translates uncertainty into measurable insight.In critical processes, it is not enough to plan only for the normal case. Failure Scenario Analysis looks at the path into failure and shows which failures, chains, and control gaps cause the most damage.
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LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
5-15 minWochen bis Monate je Lernzyklus1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
1-52-83-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation stepHypothesis list, MVPs, Learning reports, Pivot or persevere decisionFailure Scenarios, Risk Notes, Control Gaps, Test and Response Actions
Tagsno overlap
StartupValidationCompetition
LeanStartupValidationMVP
FailureResilienceRisk
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Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
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Product Strategy
Lean Canvas
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
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Product Discovery
Pretotyping