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| Criterion | ![]() Product Discovery Pretotyping | ![]() Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check | ![]() Architecture Architecture Communication Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | Stunden bis wenige Tage | 5-15 min | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-4 | 1-5 | 2-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Pretotyping sketch, Test setup, Conversion data, Go or no-go decision | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Communication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan |
Tagsno overlap | ValidationDemandMVP | StartupValidationCompetition | ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas |
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