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| Criterion |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Delivery Shape Up |  Product Strategy Lean Canvas |  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 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. | 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 | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down | 45-90 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | 2-4 pro Pitch | 1-6 | 2-6 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + 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 | Lean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog | Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence |
Tagsno overlap | StartupValidationCompetition | PlanningDeliveryAutonomy | StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model | CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning |