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| Criterion |  Innovation Lean Startup |  Decision Making Decision Framing Workshop |  Product Strategy Lean Canvas |  Decision Making Option Framing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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 a decision is poorly framed, even good answers deliver little value. A Decision Framing Workshop sharpens the problem, goal, and boundaries before the actual weighing begins. | 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. | In early decisions, alternatives are often still vague, incomplete, or blended together. Option Framing brings every possibility into a comparable form and makes visible which variant actually fits the question. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | Wochen bis Monate je Lernzyklus | 60-120 min | 45-90 min | 45-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 4-10 | 1-6 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Hypothesis list, MVPs, Learning reports, Pivot or persevere decision | Decision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence Plan | Lean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog | Option Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision Inputs |
Tagsno overlap | LeanStartupValidationMVP | Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions | StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model | OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison |