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| Criterion |  Product Strategy Lean Canvas |  Innovation Lean Startup |  Systems Thinking Evaporating Cloud |  Product Discovery Pretotyping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | Pretotyping clarifies whether a customer problem and solution idea create enough real demand. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence, and captures the result as a pretotyping sketch, test setup, and conversion data. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | Wochen bis Monate je Lernzyklus | 60-120 min | Stunden bis wenige Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 2-8 | 2-8 | 1-4 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Lean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog | Hypothesis list, MVPs, Learning reports, Pivot or persevere decision | Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments | Pretotyping sketch, Test setup, Conversion data, Go or no-go decision |
Tagsno overlap | StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model | LeanStartupValidationMVP | Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking | ValidationDemandMVP |