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| Criterion |  Agile NoEstimates |  Delivery Value Stream Mapping |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When estimating slows a team down more than it helps, it shifts the focus to flow, small slices, and real lead time. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Throughput Data, Flow Forecast, and Slicing Rules. | When delivery work dissolves into wait times, handoffs, and hidden effort, Value Stream Mapping makes the actual flow visible. The method exposes bottlenecks, idle time, and feedback loops so lead time and improvement levers become tangible. | 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 | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | laufend | 1-3 h | 5-15 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 4-10 | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Throughput Data, Flow Forecast, Slicing Rules | Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck list | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step |
Tagsno overlap | EstimationForecastingFlow | LeanFlowWasteDelivery | StartupValidationCompetition |
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