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| Criterion |  Delivery Value Stream Mapping |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Innovation Lean Startup |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When delivery work dissolves into wait times, handoffs, and hidden effort, Value Stream Mapping makes the actual flow visible. The method exposes bottlenecks, idle time, and feedback loops so lead time and improvement levers become tangible. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 1-5 Tage | Wochen bis Monate je Lernzyklus |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | Nutzertraffic | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck list | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Hypothesis list, MVPs, Learning reports, Pivot or persevere decision |
Tagsno overlap | LeanFlowWasteDelivery | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | LeanStartupValidationMVP |
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