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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Decision Making Delphi Method |  Growth A/B Testing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | 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. | When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | High | High |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 45-60 min | 1-4 Wochen | 1-4 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-8 | 6-30 Experten | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary |
Tagsno overlap | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation |