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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |  Business Strategy Business Model Canvas |  Decision Making Cynefin Workshop |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. | The Business Model Canvas condenses a business model to its key building blocks and assumptions. It makes variants quickly comparable and reveals gaps before validation or implementation begins. | When problems are unclear, chaotic, or only seemingly familiar, standard recipes fall short. A Cynefin Workshop sorts situations by the nature of their problem and connects them with matching action logic. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 1-2 h | 60-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-8 | 4-20 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes | Business Model Canvas, Assumption List, Business Hypotheses | Cynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking Notes |
Tagsno overlap | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio | Business modelStrategyValueInnovation | ComplexitySensemakingDecision |
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