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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Pretotyping |  Operations ABC Analysis |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Pretotyping clarifies whether a customer problem and solution idea create enough real demand. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence, and captures the result as a pretotyping sketch, test setup, and conversion data. | With many similar objects of differing economic significance, the method prioritizes effort by effect. It separates what needs regular steering from what rarely needs attention. | 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 demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | Stunden bis wenige Tage | 30-60 min | 5-15 min | 1-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 1-4 | 1-5 | 1-5 | Nutzertraffic |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Pretotyping sketch, Test setup, Conversion data, Go or no-go decision | ABC Classification, Focus Rules, Control List | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note |
Tagsno overlap | ValidationDemandMVP | PrioritizationOperationsPortfolio | StartupValidationCompetition | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth |