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| Criterion | ![]() Product Strategy Lean Canvas | ![]() Operations Waste Analysis | ![]() 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 a process that keeps people busy but creates little value, the method exposes waste. It directs attention to unnecessary movement, waiting times, rework, and overdelivery. | 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 | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 45-120 min | Stunden bis wenige Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 2-8 | 1-4 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Lean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog | Waste Map, Prioritized Waste, Improvement Backlog | Pretotyping sketch, Test setup, Conversion data, Go or no-go decision |
Tagsno overlap | StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model | WasteLeanProcess improvement | ValidationDemandMVP |
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