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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Pretotyping |  Innovation Lean Startup |  Operations Getting Things Done |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | Stunden bis wenige Tage | Wochen bis Monate je Lernzyklus | 1-2 h Setup, laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 1-4 | 2-8 | 1 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Pretotyping sketch, Test setup, Conversion data, Go or no-go decision | Hypothesis list, MVPs, Learning reports, Pivot or persevere decision | Action Lists, Project List, Review Routine |
Tagsno overlap | ValidationDemandMVP | LeanStartupValidationMVP | ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution |
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