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| Criterion |  Delivery Shape Up |  Innovation Lean Startup |  UX Research Surveys |  Product Strategy Lean Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Shape Up helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow. It makes work boundaries and decisions explicit and captures results as pitches, bet-table decisions, and hill charts. | 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. | When a topic needs to be validated broadly and many people can answer the same question, surveys gather structured feedback in a scalable form. Answers become comparable and segmentable instead of remaining merely anecdotal. | When an early product bet still has too many open points, it brings target group, problem, and assumptions into a single view. It condenses the idea so core risks become nameable. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down | Wochen bis Monate je Lernzyklus | 3-14 Tage | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-4 pro Pitch | 2-8 | 50+ | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomes | Hypothesis list, MVPs, Learning reports, Pivot or persevere decision | Survey Results, Charts, Segment Insights | Lean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog |
Tagsno overlap | PlanningDeliveryAutonomy | LeanStartupValidationMVP | QuantitativeResearchValidation | StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model |