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| Criterion |  Product Strategy Lean Canvas |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Operations Getting Things Done |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory. | 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 | 45-90 min | 45-60 min | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 5-15 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 2-8 | 1 | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Lean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Action Lists, Project List, Review Routine | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step |
Tagsno overlap | StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution | StartupValidationCompetition |