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| Criterion |  Engineering Hypothesis-Driven Troubleshooting |  Product Discovery Pretotyping |  Engineering Fault Isolation |  Innovation Lean Startup |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Pretotyping clarifies whether a customer problem and solution idea create enough real demand. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence, and captures the result as a pretotyping sketch, test setup, and conversion data. | In technical failures, the visible symptom often gets mixed up with the actual cause. Fault Isolation narrows the fault space and progressively reduces which part of the system is truly affected. | For uncertain business assumptions, the method forces the idea into contact with real market reactions early. It separates wishful picture, assumption, and observable behavior, so that learning becomes faster than planning. This translates uncertainty into measurable insight. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-240 min | Stunden bis wenige Tage | 30-180 min | Wochen bis Monate je Lernzyklus |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 1-4 | 1-6 | 2-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Hypothesis Log, Test Plan, Evidence Notes, Diagnosis Summary | Pretotyping sketch, Test setup, Conversion data, Go or no-go decision | Fault Isolation Map, Test Log, Excluded Hypotheses, Narrowed Fault Area | Hypothesis list, MVPs, Learning reports, Pivot or persevere decision |
Tagsno overlap | TroubleshootingProblem solvingDiagnosis | ValidationDemandMVP | TroubleshootingDiagnosisEngineering | LeanStartupValidationMVP |