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| Criterion |  Knowledge Modeling Knowledge Mapping |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Product Discovery Test Card |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Knowledge Mapping makes knowledge, gaps, and transfer paths visible across a field. It fits when expertise should not just exist but also be findable and transferable. | 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. | The Test Card turns a critical assumption into a testable claim and specifies in advance which result counts as success. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 5-15 min | 20-35 min | 45-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 1-5 | 1-5 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Knowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer Plan | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Test Card with a pre-set threshold | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking |
Tagsno overlap | KnowledgeMappingRisk | StartupValidationCompetition | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation |