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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 for TRIZ
Innovation
TRIZ
Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
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.For technical contradictions or trade-offs, the method looks for solutions that resolve opposing requirements at the same time. It translates limits into an explicit picture of conflict that becomes workable. This produces not just compromises but more elegant principles.The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other.
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Timedifferent
30-60 minHalbtags-Workshop, dann iterativ1-4 h45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1-53-122-82-8
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AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
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ABC Classification, Focus Rules, Control ListHorizon map, Portfolio view, Initiatives per horizon, Resource planContradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution ConceptsAnsoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
PrioritizationOperationsPortfolio
StrategyInnovationPortfolioForesight
InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity
GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio
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