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| Criterion |  Innovation Lean Startup |  Product Discovery Learning Card |  Product Strategy Lean Canvas |  Product Discovery Experiment Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | The Learning Card connects traceable test results to a reasoned next action while keeping the limits of the insight visible. | 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. | When experiments become unreadable after the fact, it arranges hypothesis, signal, and learning goal on a single canvas. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Completed Experiment Canvas and a Success Metric. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | Wochen bis Monate je Lernzyklus | 25-40 min | 45-90 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 1-5 | 1-6 | 1-5 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Hypothesis list, MVPs, Learning reports, Pivot or persevere decision | Learning Card with evidence and next action | Lean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog | Completed Experiment Canvas, Success Metric |
Tagsno overlap | LeanStartupValidationMVP | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning | StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis |