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Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
Paper illustration of a review with planned work, actual event sequence, comparison, and assigned improvement actions.
Operations
After-Action Review
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Product Strategy
DIBB
Purposedifferent
The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other.After missions or project phases with unclear outcomes, the method makes visible what actually happened and what can be learned from it. It separates course, effect, and causes so experience turns into solid improvement.DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min20-45 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
2-83-122-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk NotesLessons learned, Action items, Event summaryDIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning report
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GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio
LearningOperationsImprovement
StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis
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