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| Criterion |  Growth Golden Circle |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Architecture Architecture Decision Record |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | In positioning and communication, what an offering actually stands for often becomes blurred. The Golden Circle sharpens a product's inner rationale and connects purpose, approach, and offering into a clear statement. | 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. | An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 5-15 min | 15-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-8 | 1-5 | 1-3 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Why Statement, Messaging Notes, Positioning Draft | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale |
Tagsno overlap | MarketingPositioningCommunication | StartupValidationCompetition | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance |
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