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Paper illustration of Five-Minute VC Check with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
5-Minuten VC-Check
Views and Beyond method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Views and Beyond
Paper illustration for Risk Storming.
Architecture
Risk Storming
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.Views and Beyond organizes architecture into several views so no single diagram has to do everything at once. This makes it possible to choose the representation that fits the stakeholder's question.Helps clarify architecture context, options, and consequences in concrete terms. It organizes technical context, alternatives, and consequences. The result is captured as an Annotated Diagram, a Prioritized Risk List, and an Action Backlog.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
5-15 min1-3 Tage60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1-51-44-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation stepArchitecture Views, Cross-view Notes, RationaleAnnotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog
Tagsno overlap
StartupValidationCompetition
DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture
RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation
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Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record