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Criterion
A paper-based illustration representing WSJF with its core stages and visible working result.
Agile
WSJF
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Paper illustration of Five-Minute VC Check with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
5-Minuten VC-Check
Purposedifferent
When many tasks compete for the same capacity, it orders work by economic impact. It makes time lost, benefit, and effort comparable together.An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable.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
HighLowLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min15-45 min5-15 min
Participantsdifferent
3-101-31-5
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Ranked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay AssumptionsADR File, Decision Log, RationaleVC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step
Tagsno overlap
LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
StartupValidationCompetition
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Paper illustration of Lean Startup with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Lean Startup
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay