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| Criterion |  Engineering Hypothesis-Driven Troubleshooting |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Product Discovery Concierge MVP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When systems fail unexpectedly, spontaneous attempts often produce more noise than insight. Hypothesis-driven Troubleshooting translates symptoms into testable assumptions and makes troubleshooting learnable. | 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. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. | When an idea can first fail or grow through genuine hands-on support, it relies on manual work instead of automation. It shows whether user value holds up even under manual execution. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-240 min | 5-15 min | 45-90 min | 1-4 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 1-5 | 2-8 | 3-10 Kunden |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Hypothesis Log, Test Plan, Evidence Notes, Diagnosis Summary | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Concierge Learnings, Service Blueprint, MVP Risks |
Tagsno overlap | TroubleshootingProblem solvingDiagnosis | StartupValidationCompetition | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | MVPValidationServiceDiscovery |