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| Criterion |  Engineering Kanban |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Systems Thinking Leverage Points |  Innovation Lean Startup |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When work sits in too many parallel streams, throughput suffers and no one sees the bottlenecks. Kanban makes the flow of work visible and limits overload so a system becomes calmer and more predictable. | 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. | Leverage Points show exactly where interventions in a system produce a disproportionate effect. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a leverage map and action strategy. | 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 | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | Ongoing | 5-15 min | Half day | Wochen bis Monate je Lernzyklus |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 1-5 | 3-12 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Kanban board, WIP policies, Flow metrics | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Leverage Map, Action Strategy | Hypothesis list, MVPs, Learning reports, Pivot or persevere decision |
Tagsno overlap | FlowVisual managementDelivery | StartupValidationCompetition | Systems thinkingChangeStrategy | LeanStartupValidationMVP |