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| Criterion |  Product Strategy Lean Canvas |  Innovation Lean Startup |  Engineering Kanban |  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. | 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. | When work sits in too many parallel streams, throughput suffers and no one sees the bottlenecks. Kanban makes the flow of work visible and limits overload so a system becomes calmer and more predictable. | 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 | Wochen bis Monate je Lernzyklus | Ongoing | 5-15 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 2-8 | 2-12 | 1-5 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Lean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog | Hypothesis list, MVPs, Learning reports, Pivot or persevere decision | Kanban board, WIP policies, Flow metrics | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step |
Tagsno overlap | StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model | LeanStartupValidationMVP | FlowVisual managementDelivery | StartupValidationCompetition |