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| Criterion |  Operations Waste Analysis |  Product Discovery Pretotyping |
|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | For a process that keeps people busy but creates little value, the method exposes waste. It directs attention to unnecessary movement, waiting times, rework, and overdelivery. | Pretotyping clarifies whether a customer problem and solution idea create enough real demand. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence, and captures the result as a pretotyping sketch, test setup, and conversion data. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-120 min | Stunden bis wenige Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 1-4 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Waste Map, Prioritized Waste, Improvement Backlog | Pretotyping sketch, Test setup, Conversion data, Go or no-go decision |
Tagsno overlap | WasteLeanProcess improvement | ValidationDemandMVP |
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