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| Criterion |  Innovation Lean Startup |  Engineering Golden Path |  Delivery RAID Log |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 teams need a reliable default path for frequent use, sprawl quickly emerges without any guiding logic. Golden Path bundles the preferred path so good practice becomes easy and deviation becomes deliberate. | Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | Wochen bis Monate je Lernzyklus | 1-3 Tage Setup, laufend | 30 min Setup, dann laufend | 45-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-8 | 1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Hypothesis list, MVPs, Learning reports, Pivot or persevere decision | Golden Path Guide, Templates, Quality Checks | RAID Log, Status Report Source | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking |
Tagsno overlap | LeanStartupValidationMVP | EngineeringProductivityGovernance | RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation |