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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 Outcome-Driven Innovation with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Outcome-Driven Innovation
Paper illustration for ALPEN Method
Operations
ALPEN Method
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.Outcome-Driven Innovation clarifies customer problems, solution opportunities, and evidence. It separates jobs, desired outcomes, importance, satisfaction, and opportunity, and captures results as desired outcome statements, an opportunity landscape, and segments by underserved needs.With an overloaded day full of too many tasks, a realistic picture of the day emerges. The method connects estimating, deciding, and buffer thinking so planning fits available energy and time.
Complexitydifferent
LowHighLow
Timedifferent
5-15 minMehrere Wochen10-20 min daily
Participantsdifferent
1-52-6 researchers plus sample1
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation stepDesired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypothesesDaily Plan, Time Estimates, Review Notes
Tagsno overlap
StartupValidationCompetition
OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative
PlanningTime managementProductivityOperations
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A paper-based illustration representing Design Sprint with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Design Sprint
Design Thinking as a learning loop: an observation notebook, a focused problem statement, different idea sketches, a cardboard prototype and user-test notes. Feedback leads to new understanding.
Innovation
Design Thinking
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done