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Criterion
Paper illustration for ABC Analysis
Operations
ABC Analysis
Paper illustration of Three Horizons with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Three Horizons
Paper illustration of Futures Wheel with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Futures Wheel
Paper illustration of a Business Model Canvas with nine connected compartments, a few notes and symbols for customers, delivery and economic relationships.
Business Strategy
Business Model Canvas
Purposedifferent
With many similar objects of differing economic significance, the method prioritizes effort by effect. It separates what needs regular steering from what rarely needs attention.Three Horizons helps clarify strategic options across different timeframes. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and investment choices, and captures the result as a horizon map, portfolio view, and initiatives per horizon.The Futures Wheel helps explore the consequences of a decision, a trend, or a strategic move in a structured way. It makes visible which first, second, and third-order effects could arise from an event.The Business Model Canvas condenses a business model to its key building blocks and assumptions. It makes variants quickly comparable and reveals gaps before validation or implementation begins.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
30-60 minHalbtags-Workshop, dann iterativ60-120 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
1-53-123-102-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
ABC Classification, Focus Rules, Control ListHorizon map, Portfolio view, Initiatives per horizon, Resource planFutures Wheel, Consequence Chains, Strategic SignalsBusiness Model Canvas, Assumption List, Business Hypotheses
Tagsno overlap
PrioritizationOperationsPortfolio
StrategyInnovationPortfolioForesight
ForesightSystems thinkingSignals
Business modelStrategyValueInnovation
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