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| Criterion |  Product Strategy Lean Canvas |  Delivery Monte Carlo Forecasting |  Innovation Lean Startup |  Delivery Value Stream Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as Forecast Percentiles, Throughput Dataset, and Risk Communication. | 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 delivery work dissolves into wait times, handoffs, and hidden effort, Value Stream Mapping makes the actual flow visible. The method exposes bottlenecks, idle time, and feedback loops so lead time and improvement levers become tangible. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 30-90 min Setup, danach laufend | Wochen bis Monate je Lernzyklus | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 1-8 | 2-8 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Lean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog | Forecast Percentiles, Throughput Dataset, Risk Communication | Hypothesis list, MVPs, Learning reports, Pivot or persevere decision | Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck list |
Tagsno overlap | StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model | ForecastingFlowDelivery | LeanStartupValidationMVP | LeanFlowWasteDelivery |