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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 Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration of Lean Startup with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Lean Startup
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.For uncertain business assumptions, the method forces the idea into contact with real market reactions early. It separates wishful picture, assumption, and observable behavior, so that learning becomes faster than planning. This translates uncertainty into measurable insight.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
5-15 min6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-DownWochen bis Monate je Lernzyklus
Participantsdifferent
1-52-4 pro Pitch2-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation stepPitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesHypothesis list, MVPs, Learning reports, Pivot or persevere decision
Tagsno overlap
StartupValidationCompetition
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
LeanStartupValidationMVP
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Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration of a Lean Canvas with nine fields, notes, and one highlighted learning risk.
Product Strategy
Lean Canvas
Paper illustration of Pretotyping with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Pretotyping
Value Stream Mapping workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Delivery
Value Stream Mapping