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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |  Business Strategy Business Model Canvas |  Growth Flywheel |  Business Strategy Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Growth often breaks down where a reinforcing mechanism builds up too much friction. A Flywheel shows the cycle of value, repetition, and reinforcement meant to sustain growth. | The Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas shows how an offering is positioned relative to the market. Differentiation thereby becomes tangible in value factors instead of merely being claimed. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 1-2 h | 60-120 min | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-8 | 3-8 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes | Business Model Canvas, Assumption List, Business Hypotheses | Flywheel Map, Friction Points, Growth Levers, Experiment Backlog | Strategy Canvas, Value Curve, ERRC Actions |
Tagsno overlap | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio | Business modelStrategyValueInnovation | GrowthRetentionConversion | StrategyPositioningInnovationValue |