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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Porter Five Forces |  Product Discovery Problem Interview |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Product Discovery Experiment Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When the picture of the problem still needs to become solid, it asks about real situations and consequences. It separates genuine suffering from mere interest in a solution. | 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 | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 30-60 min je Interview | 5-15 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 5-12 Interviews | 1-5 | 1-5 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Five Forces Analysis, Competitive Risks, Strategic Options | Problem Evidence, Risk Notes, Customer Segments | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Completed Experiment Canvas, Success Metric |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyCompetitionMarket | DiscoveryInterviewsValidation | StartupValidationCompetition | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis |