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| Criterion | ![]() Operations Visual Management | ![]() Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check | ![]() Facilitation Decision Jam | ![]() Operations A3 Problem Solving |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | With high tempo and many parallel topics, the method makes status, deviations, and priorities visible at a glance. It reduces search effort and prevents what matters from getting lost in daily work. | 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. | When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer. | For a complex deviation with several people involved, the method bundles problem, analysis, and decision onto one page. It creates a shared working space where causes, countermeasures, and follow-up fit together. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | Ongoing | 5-15 min | 60-90 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-20 | 1-5 | 4-10 | 2-5 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Visual Board, Status Indicators, Exception Cues | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment | A3 Report, Action Plan, Root Cause Analysis |
Tagsno overlap | SignalsOperationsVisual management | StartupValidationCompetition | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop | LeanProblem solvingCoachingOperations |



