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| Criterion |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Decision Making RAPID |  Product Strategy Lean Canvas |  Decision Making DACI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | In complex management decisions, clarity is often missing about who recommends, who agrees, and who makes the decision. RAPID creates this assignment and stabilizes decisions across several levels. | When an early product bet still has too many open points, it brings target group, problem, and assumptions into a single view. It condenses the idea so core risks become nameable. | In cross-functional decisions, responsibilities quickly blur between approval, influence, and execution. DACI arranges these roles so decision pressure, contribution, and information stay cleanly separated. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 45-90 min | 45-90 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | 3-12 | 1-6 | 2-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | RAPID Role Map, Recommendation, Decision Log | Lean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog | DACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log |
Tagsno overlap | StartupValidationCompetition | DecisionRolesGovernance | StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model | DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment |