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Criterion
A paper-based illustration representing WSJF with its core stages and visible working result.
Agile
WSJF
Paper illustration of Five-Minute VC Check with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
5-Minuten VC-Check
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Purposedifferent
When many tasks compete for the same capacity, it orders work by economic impact. It makes time lost, benefit, and effort comparable together.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 demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all.
Complexitydifferent
HighLowLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min5-15 min1-5 Tage
Participantsdifferent
3-101-5Nutzertraffic
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Ranked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay AssumptionsVC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation stepInterest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note
Tagsno overlap
LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization
StartupValidationCompetition
ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth
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Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
Paper illustration of Lean Startup with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Lean Startup
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping