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| Criterion |  Operations Visual Management |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Operations Kaizen Event |  Product Strategy Lean Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | For a tightly scoped process segment with noticeable waste, the method bundles shared energy for change. It suits situations that call for fast learning loops and visible adjustments. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | Ongoing | 5-15 min | 0.5-5 Tage | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-20 | 1-5 | 4-10 | 1-6 |
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 | Kaizen Charter, Waste List, Improvement Experiments, Standard Work Update | Lean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog |
Tagsno overlap | SignalsOperationsVisual management | StartupValidationCompetition | LeanContinuous improvementOperations | StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model |