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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Business Strategy SWOT Analysis |  Product Discovery Riskiest Assumption Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | SWOT Analysis arranges strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats into a compact picture of the situation. It keeps internal capabilities and external influences separate before strategic options emerge from them. | When an idea hinges on one critical unknown, it prioritizes testing that exact piece of uncertainty first. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a prioritized list of assumptions, a test plan, and a result report. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 45-60 min | 30-60 min | 1-2 Wochen pro Iteration |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-8 | 3-12 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list | Prioritized Assumption List, Test Plan, Results Report |
Tagsno overlap | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryAssumptions |