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| Criterion |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  Innovation Lean Startup |  Decision Making Decision Tree |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures. | 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. | For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch. | 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 | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 20–45 min | Wochen bis Monate je Lernzyklus | 30-90 min | 5-15 min |
Participantsdifferent | Small cross-functional group | 2-8 | 1-6 | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | Hypothesis list, MVPs, Learning reports, Pivot or persevere decision | Decision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step |
Tagsno overlap | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | LeanStartupValidationMVP | DecisionTreeOptions | StartupValidationCompetition |