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Criterion
Paper illustration for Landing Page Test.
Product Discovery
Landing Page Test
Paper illustration of Five-Minute VC Check with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
5-Minuten VC-Check
Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments
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.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.An RFC clarifies architecture context, options, and consequences. It structures technical context, alternatives, tradeoffs, open questions, and review feedback, and captures the result as an RFC document, reviewer comments, and a decision rationale.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-5 Tage5-15 min1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung
Participantsdifferent
Nutzertraffic1-53-20 Reviewer
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Landing Page, Conversion Data, Learning SummaryVC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation stepRFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or tickets
Tagsno overlap
ValidationConversionMarketing
StartupValidationCompetition
ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance
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Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping