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| Criterion |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Operations ALPEN Method |  UX Research Surveys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When a topic needs to be validated broadly and many people can answer the same question, surveys gather structured feedback in a scalable form. Answers become comparable and segmentable instead of remaining merely anecdotal. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | Mehrere Wochen | 10-20 min daily | 3-14 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 1 | 50+ |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async | Async |
Outputdifferent | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Daily Plan, Time Estimates, Review Notes | Survey Results, Charts, Segment Insights |
Tagsno overlap | StartupValidationCompetition | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | PlanningTime managementProductivityOperations | QuantitativeResearchValidation |