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| Criterion |  Engineering Golden Path |  Product Strategy Lean Canvas |  Operations Kaizen Event |
|---|---|---|---|
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 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. | For a tightly scoped process segment with noticeable waste, the method bundles shared energy for change. It suits situations that call for fast learning loops and visible adjustments. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 Tage Setup, laufend | 45-90 min | 0.5-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 1-6 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Golden Path Guide, Templates, Quality Checks | Lean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog | Kaizen Charter, Waste List, Improvement Experiments, Standard Work Update |
Tagsno overlap | EngineeringProductivityGovernance | StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model | LeanContinuous improvementOperations |
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