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| Criterion |  Innovation Lean Startup |  Product Discovery Pretotyping |  Knowledge Modeling Concept Mapping |  Product Discovery Fake Door Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | Concept Mapping arranges terms and relationships in a network that makes subject-matter connections tangible. It fits when a topic needs to be understood structurally rather than linearly. | When demand is still unclear, it measures interest in a feature before it is built. It separates real behavior from polite agreement and deliberately keeps build effort small. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | Wochen bis Monate je Lernzyklus | Stunden bis wenige Tage | 1-2 h | 1-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 1-4 | 1-8 | Nutzertraffic |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Hypothesis list, MVPs, Learning reports, Pivot or persevere decision | Pretotyping sketch, Test setup, Conversion data, Go or no-go decision | Concept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge Gaps | Click Data, Interest Signal, Learning Decision |
Tagsno overlap | LeanStartupValidationMVP | ValidationDemandMVP | KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking | ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery |