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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |  Operations ABC Analysis |  Delivery Cost of Delay |  Decision Making Delphi Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. | 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. | Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence. | When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | High | High |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 30-60 min | 90-180 min | 1-4 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 1-5 | 3-8 | 6-30 Experten |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop | Async |
Outputdifferent | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes | ABC Classification, Focus Rules, Control List | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes |
Tagsno overlap | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio | PrioritizationOperationsPortfolio | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy |