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| Criterion |  Agile Mad Sad Glad |  Innovation Lean Startup |  Agile 4Ls Retrospective |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a team's or workshop's mood needs to become readable, it structures emotional signals with little setup. It makes strain, relief, and sources of energy tangible. | 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 sprint should not only be assessed but also learned from, it captures experience in clear learning categories. It records what worked, what's missing, and what should run differently next time. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | Wochen bis Monate je Lernzyklus | 45–75 min | 5-15 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 2-8 | Team members involved | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Emotion Board, Themes, Action Items | Hypothesis list, MVPs, Learning reports, Pivot or persevere decision | 4Ls Board, Learning Themes, Improvement Actions | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step |
Tagsno overlap | RetrospectiveTeamReflection | LeanStartupValidationMVP | RetrospectiveLearningReflectionTeam | StartupValidationCompetition |