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| Criterion |  Innovation Lean Startup |  Operations PDCA Cycle |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  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. | For an improvement that still has to prove itself in everyday work, the method runs it through small learning loops. It connects planning, checking, and standardization into a repeatable learning mode. | The 5-Minute VC Check clarifies opportunities and strategic options at the earliest idea stage. It compares problem quality, customer willingness to pay, alternatives, differentiation, and market potential, and captures the result as a VC-check note, go/sharpen/park decision, and risk list. | 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 | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | Wochen bis Monate je Lernzyklus | 1 h bis mehrere Wochen | 5-15 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 1-8 | 1-5 | 1-5 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Hypothesis list, MVPs, Learning reports, Pivot or persevere decision | PDCA Log, Experiment Plan, Learning Outcome, Standard Change | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Completed Experiment Canvas, Success Metric |
Tagsno overlap | LeanStartupValidationMVP | Continuous improvementLeanExperiments | StartupValidationCompetition | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis |