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| Criterion |  Engineering Kanban |  Innovation Lean Startup |  Systems Thinking Evaporating Cloud |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | Ongoing | Wochen bis Monate je Lernzyklus | 60-120 min | 5-15 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 2-8 | 2-8 | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Kanban board, WIP policies, Flow metrics | Hypothesis list, MVPs, Learning reports, Pivot or persevere decision | Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step |
Tagsno overlap | FlowVisual managementDelivery | LeanStartupValidationMVP | Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking | StartupValidationCompetition |