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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |  Operations Bottleneck Analysis |
|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. | For a flow that backs up at one point, the method looks for the capacity limit with the greatest leverage. It explains why extra effort elsewhere barely improves throughput. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 3-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes | Bottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up Measures |
Tagsno overlap | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio | FlowMeasurementConstraints |
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