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Criterion
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Agile
WSJF
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Decision Making
Eisenhower Matrix
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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.It separates true priorities from noise so it becomes clear what should be done now, scheduled, delegated, or dropped.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 min15-30 min5-15 min
Participantsdifferent
3-101-61-5
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Ranked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay AssumptionsEisenhower Matrix, Action List, Delegation NotesVC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step
Tagsno overlap
LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization
PrioritizationFocusTasks
StartupValidationCompetition
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Paper illustration of Lean Startup with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Lean Startup
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Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay
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Operations
Eat the Frog