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Criterion
Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
Agile
Start Stop Continue
Paper illustration of Lean Startup with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Lean Startup
Paper illustration of Five-Minute VC Check with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
5-Minuten VC-Check
Purposedifferent
When a team wants to deliberately adjust its working behavior, it makes habits visible and assessable. It focuses on concrete changes instead of diffuse mood.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.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
LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
30-60 minWochen bis Monate je Lernzyklus5-15 min
Participantsdifferent
3-122-81-5
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Start Stop Continue Board, Improvement ActionsHypothesis list, MVPs, Learning reports, Pivot or persevere decisionVC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step
Tagsno overlap
RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection
LeanStartupValidationMVP
StartupValidationCompetition
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4Ls Retrospective
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