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Criterion
Paper illustration for Landing Page Test.
Product Discovery
Landing Page Test
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
Paper illustration of a Lean Canvas with nine fields, notes, and one highlighted learning risk.
Product Strategy
Lean Canvas
Paper illustration of Five-Minute VC Check with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
5-Minuten VC-Check
Purposedifferent
When a value proposition first needs to be checked for resonance, it condenses the idea onto a focused entry page. It shows whether language and offering carry interest.ARID examines how well developers can work with a technical design. It focuses on a part of the system that can still be revised, between the architecture overview and the detailed specification.When an early product bet still has too many open points, it brings target group, problem, and assumptions into a single view. It condenses the idea so core risks become nameable.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
MediumMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-5 Tage2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional45-90 min5-15 min
Participantsdifferent
NutzertrafficDesigners, developers as users, and facilitation1-61-5
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Landing Page, Conversion Data, Learning SummaryPrioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisionsLean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment BacklogVC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step
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ValidationConversionMarketing
ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model
StartupValidationCompetition
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