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| Criterion | ![]() Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix | ![]() Architecture Architecture Decision Record | ![]() Facilitation Power Interest Grid |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. | An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable. | When many stakeholders compete for attention at once, the Power Interest Grid sorts them by influence and stake. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Power Interest Grid and a stakeholder-specific strategy. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 15-45 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 1-3 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale | Power Interest Grid, Strategy per Stakeholder |
Tagsno overlap | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning |
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