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| Criterion |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Delivery Shape Up |  Growth A/B Testing |  Delivery Communication Plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Shape Up helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow. It makes work boundaries and decisions explicit and captures results as pitches, bet-table decisions, and hill charts. | When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects. | When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down | 1-4 Wochen | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | 2-4 pro Pitch | 1-6 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomes | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary | Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence |
Tagsno overlap | StartupValidationCompetition | PlanningDeliveryAutonomy | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation | CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning |