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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Porter Five Forces |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |  Growth A/B Testing |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Porter Five Forces analyzes the forces that shape competitive pressure and profitability in a market. The view of market structure goes beyond individual competitors and reveals systemic pressure points. | GIST Planning helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities. It links customer value, product logic, and decision priorities, and captures the result as goals, an idea bank, and a step-project list. | When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects. | 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 | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | Wochen bis Monate je Goal | 1-4 Wochen | 5-15 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 3-10 | 1-6 | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Five Forces Analysis, Competitive Risks, Strategic Options | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyCompetitionMarket | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation | StartupValidationCompetition |