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| Criterion |  Engineering Golden Path |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Product Discovery Riskiest Assumption Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When teams need a reliable default path for frequent use, sprawl quickly emerges without any guiding logic. Golden Path bundles the preferred path so good practice becomes easy and deviation becomes deliberate. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | 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. | When an idea hinges on one critical unknown, it prioritizes testing that exact piece of uncertainty first. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a prioritized list of assumptions, a test plan, and a result report. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 Tage Setup, laufend | 45-60 min | 5-15 min | 1-2 Wochen pro Iteration |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-8 | 1-5 | 2-6 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Golden Path Guide, Templates, Quality Checks | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Prioritized Assumption List, Test Plan, Results Report |
Tagsno overlap | EngineeringProductivityGovernance | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | StartupValidationCompetition | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryAssumptions |